Quotes About Character

Competition perverts true fitness, Hébert believed. It tempts you to cheat; to overdevelop some talents while ignoring others;

Coach Vigil believed you had to become a strong person before you could become a strong runner. So

Trenér Vigil se tedy pokoušel najít odpov?? na hlavní otázku: Byl Zátopek velký ?lov?k, který navíc náhodou b?hal, nebo byl takový, protože b?hal?

To be a hero, you had to learn how to think, run, fight, and talk—even eat, sleep, and crawl—like a hero.

Gradually, the backroom brawler named Mike Hickman disappeared. In his place arose Micah True, a name inspired by "the courageous and fearless spirit" of the Old Testament prophet Micah and the loyalty of an old mutt called True Dog.

Let us live so that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry," Mark Twain used to say.

Coach Vigil believed you had to become a strong person before you could become a strong runner.

Indeed, if the good life entails nothing more than the joyless performance of good deeds, then it is not a life that is lived but merely one that is ploddingly enacted. How can we urge good character upon individuals and devise strategies for encouraging character if there is not an experiential payoff?

This character strength is a quiet one. Those who are modest let their accomplishments speak for themselves. They do not seek the spotlight. They do not toot their own horns. They acknowledge mistakes and imperfections. They do not take undue credit for their accomplishments, instead regarding themselves as fortunate to be in a position where something good has happened to them.

There was a duplication of myself involved, perhaps even a triplication. There was I who was writing. There was I whom I could remember. And there was I of whom I wrote, the protagonist of the story.

What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.

It is a very strong rule in drama, and in life, that people remain true to their basic natures. They change, and their change is essential for drama, but typically they only change a little, taking a single step towards integrating a forgotten or rejected quality into their natures.

Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have.

I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within.

Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.

If you begin to rely upon yourself and become arrogant in your skill, that is the day you will fall.

Life was hard. Life was good. Most folks think this a contradiction, but I have learned that the hardest, most difficult times of my life caused the most growth in my character.

I am in the service of lost boys struggling to be good men.

So why go out as a question mark when you can go out as an exclamation point instead?

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

We're all the heroes of our own tales. Even villains.

Be proud of your flaws,in them lies your uniqueness

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.