Quotes About Character

Saints make wonderful grandfathers and lousy husbands.

Unlike most women I have known, she placed no value on shallow pretensions or hypocritical displays of gentility.

She had camouflaged the vinegar factory in her character with a great honeycomb along the sills and porches of her public self.

Our behavior may be the most critical factor used by others in their decision to "lend" trust to us, as our actions reflect our character. When we honor our commitments and do what we say we will do, others will be inclined to deposit their trust with us.

Ultimately leadership boils down to a relationship. High-quality relationships are based on trust—trust of one anothers' competence as well as character.

One of the greatest dangers we face in our attempt to remain humble is that the very moment we notice we are humble, we become proud of our humility- and in that instant, our humility evaporates

Mr Greenleaf was such a decent fellow himself, he took it for granted that everybody else in the world was decent, too. Tom had almost forgotten such people existed.

La niñas nacen mujeres -dijo Margot, la madre de Thea-. Los niños no nacen hombres. Tienen que aprender a serlo. Pero las niñas ya tienen un carácter de mujer.

He seems to be making you that way too - enough to tolerate people like him. And once you start tolerating them, you're going to end up being like them yourself.

I know that Southern redhead type," Bruno said, poking at his apple pie.

I know what I'd do in the matter, but I'm a dedicated villain. -Roland Otton

Teach me neither to proffer nor receive cheap praise.

Use what language you will,' said Ralph Waldo Emerson, 'you can never say anything but what you are.

He had qualities, which I had never seen in any other man.

Remember, you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry.

Give a dog a bad name and you may as well hang him." But give him a good name—and see what happens!

Pero se necesita carácter y dominio de sí mismo para ser comprensivo y capaz de perdonar.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

President Lincoln was a master communicator, and humility was at the heart of all he said.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Suppose you had inherited the same body and temperament and mind that Al Capone had. Suppose you had had his environment and experiences. You would then be precisely what he was—and where he was. For it is those things— and only those things—that made him what he was. The only reason, for example, that you are not a rattlesnake is that your mother and father weren't rattlesnakes.

Our mental attitude is the X factor that determines our fate.

If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I'll tell you what you are. That determines your character. That is the most significant thing about you.

Um grande homem demonstra sua grandeza pela forma como trata os pequenos", disse o filósofo escocês Thomas Carlyle.