Quotes About Character

Nothing is so discreet as a young face, for nothing is less mobile; it has the serenity, the surface smoothness, and the freshness of a lake. There is no character in womens faces before the age of thirty.

Ah! how much a mother learns from her child! The constant protection of a helpless being forces us to so strict an alliance with virtue, that a woman never shows to full advantage except as a mother. Then alone can her character expand in the fulfillment of all lifes duties and the enjoyment of all its pleasures.

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.

Carelessness in dressing is moral suicide.

You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as gentle as a girl. You'd make a good catch for the devil.

Virtue will cut your head off, vice will only cut your hair.

Events which seem to us dramatic are nothing more than subjects which our souls convert into tragedy or comedy according to the bent of our characters.

The region is a desert of stones, a solitude with a character of its own, an arid spot, which could only be inhabited by beings who had either attained to absolute nullity, or were gifted with some abnormal strength of soul.

Kaunis ei ole sen arvoista kuin kestävä, ja kestävä, se olen minä!

Mademoiselle des Touches (Camille Maupin) is George Sand in character, and the personal description of her, though applied by some to the famous Mademoiselle Georges, is easily recognized from Couture's drawing.

Las personas generosas son malos comerciantes. David tenía uno de esos caracteres pudorosos y afectivos que se espantan ante una discusión y que ceden en el momento en que el adversario les toca la fibra sensible.

under the terrible axiom that "men should have strength of character," — a masculine phrase that has caused many a woman's misery.

I truly believe that the ultimate measure of one's success in life is not what position you have occupied or how much money you have, but what kind of person you have become, what difference you have made to the people around you.

Loving truth and living honestly is my attitude to life. Be true to yourself and be true to others, thus you can be the judge of your behavior.

I do believe at the end of the night when you're with your family, the character gets hung up on the door like a coat, and is there to be taken on the next morning.

When you want to talk about honor, they want to talk about money. When you want to talk about money, they want to talk about gentility. They either get the notion of honor or they don't. And if they don't, you probably shouldn't be fucking with them.

Apa yang dikatakan orang-orang bukanlah masalah, selama aku mempertahankan perilaku yang benar.

Her goodness had limits. She could have easily gone her whole life without knowing those limits, but now she knew exactly where they lay.

If he could just have one more chance, he'd act like the man he'd always believed himself to be.

She'd once been appalled to hear of women claiming PMS as a defense for murder. Now she understood. She could happily murder someone today! In fact, she felt like there should be some sort of recognition for her remarkable strength of character that she didn't.

Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Did one act define who you were forever?

Reader, she didn't marry him,

I was stunned. I'm not sure why. I think I just never expected him to be importante enough to make any significant changes in his life, but of course, he doesn't know that he's only a minor character in my life. He's the star of his own life, and I'm the minor character. and fair enough too.