Quotes About Character

There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character; some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity. A beautiful smile is to the female countenance what the sunbeam is to the landscape; it embellishes an inferior face and redeems an ugly one.

Three things characterize man: person, fate, merit--the harmony of these constitutes real grandeur.

The greatest of characters, no doubt, would be he, who, free of all trifling accidental helps, could see objects through one grand immutable medium, always at hand, and proof against illusion and time, reflecting every object in its true shape and color through all the fluctuation of things.

Who has witnessed one free and unconstrained act of yours, has witnessed all.

Who is respectable when thinking himself alone and free from observation will be so before the eye of all the world.

Humility with energy is often mistaken for pride.

Will asked Miss Beasley what kind of man Glendon Dinsmore had been and she answered, as different from you as air is from earth. He asked which he was, air or earth? She laughed and said, "That's what I like about you—you really don't know.

It seems that many people who are deficient in character have an overabundance of charm. I

If a woman's got nothing but her fair fame to feed on, why, it's thin tack, and a donkey would die of it!

F]ortune governs one half of our actions, but even so she leaves the half more or less in our power to control." Even in this area of apparent control, it would be necessary to adapt to circumstances. Free will suggested the possibility of fitting events to an established character; Machiavelli suggested that the character would be shaped by events.

The choice of strategy might be based on common sense: the test of character was to find this in situations of extreme stress.

unfair—whether you live or die bears no relationship to what kind of person

There was nothing dishonourable in not being blown about by every little modern wind. Better to have worth, to entrench, to be an oak of one's own generation.

I've never been able to write a book without one very strong character in my rucksack.

What is more arrogant than honesty?

I'd rather get bad news from an honest man than lies from a flatterer.

It's not a weapon or a woman can make a man, or magery either, or any power, anything but himself.

Weak people cannot be sincere.

But my main thing that I would love to see as a fan of 'Glee ' like I said, is to really get into the character and who they are and what they do outside of school. I think that that's interesting. And then of course the themed stuff and the album episodes are all really cool too.

He pointed to Butt, behind his drum set. "There he is. Don't smell so good and can't hardly talk. But he can drub those drums better than the best... and this is Mr. Jerod Powers, the Golden Boy.

To guard our character with unwavering commitment, our best protection comes from being humbly aware of our vulnerability.

Leaders devoid of crucible experiences are likely to be overly confident about their ideas, and surprisingly more susceptible to fears; this is also true of children who are overly sheltered from facing challenges and experiences that help build their character. Courageously facing our fears in the difficult times gives us both humility and real confidence.

I speak the Truth, that's who I am"...This phrase is often a declaration by some, a sign of strength, or integrity. But...There are truths about me that are none of your business. There are truths about you that are none of my business, either. If I were to use yours against you, or you use mine against me, we would indeed be speaking the truth, but it would not erase the hatred and meanness that also describes us. There is no strength in that. And there's sure no integrity in it either

Most of the time, it's not whether or not you have a gun in your hand that matters," his father said. "It's what you stand for and how strong you stand for it.