Quotes About Character

Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect.

A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant.

It is easy to know truth, but most difficult to be truth. It is not in knowing truth that life's purpose is accomplished; life's purpose is accomplished in being truth.

The human heart must first be melted, like metal, before it can be molded into a desirable character. The mystic does not wait until the hereafter, but

A label doesn't make something so. A label is just a word. It's what a person does that makes them who they are

Nothing mattered to him about a person other than what was inside them.

When is it okay to decide that you don't need to do your best? That you have built enough character for one lifetime?

Coaches will eventually notice a great attitude, and they respect that.

He explained that ethics are the principles or rules for how we act in the world... 'The thing is, it doesn't matter whether or not (she) had it coming... What does matter is your behavior, not hers. Your ethics, not hers. The way you conduct yourself, not the way she conducts herself... We all must learn to act, not react.

A rich man has no need of character.

The beauty of 'The Walking Dead' and the beauty of being on a television show for a while, is that, it's your backstory, it's part of what you are, it's what you carry with you every day.

Je cherchais une âme qui et me ressemblât, et je ne pouvais pas la trouver. Je fouillais tous les recoins de la terre; ma persévérance était inutile. Cependant, je ne pouvais pas rester seul. Il fallait quelqu'un qui approuvât mon caractère; il fallait quelqu'un qui eût les mêmes idées que moi...

The manner of giving shows the character of the giver more than the gift itself. There is a princely manner of giving and accepting.

Weaknesses, so called, are nothing more nor less than vices in disguise.

The more uniform a man's voice, step, manner of conversation, handwriting--the more quiet, uniform, settled, his actions, his character.

Who is open without levity; generous without waste; secret without craft; humble without meanness; bold without insolence; cautious without anxiety; regular, yet not formal; mild, yet not timid; firm, yet not tyrannical--is made to pass the ordeal of honor, friendship, virtue.

Can he love truth who can take a knave to his bosom?

Decided ends are sure signs of a decided character.

Who begins with severity, in judging of another, ends commonly with falsehood.

Indiscretion, rashness, falsehood, levity, and malice, produce each other.

Dread more the blunderer's friendship than the calumniator's enmity.

The horse-laugh indicates brutality of character.

The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind.

Who despises all that is despicable is made to be impressed with all that is grand.