Quotes About Character

I am not a fairy godmother or anything of that sort, but I hope to give you a happy home and a good education, and to send you out into the world true, brave, generous men, prepared to serve God truly all the days of your life." ~Aunt Persis

It is a melancholy fact that childhood, so short when compared with the average span of life, should exert such a strong and permanent influence on character that no amount of self-training afterwards can ever completely counter it.

I have my ethics and morals. I have my anchor point of what is right and wrong in real life, but I'm not afraid to entertain any and every aspect of personality in relationship to creating a character.

Even though I was theatrically trained, learning to develop a character was an awesome experience.

I did private study for about a month, five days a week, six hours a day. I came to understand the character in ways that I never would've previous to that. I was so innocent in respect to ways of creating characters.

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

all a guy can do is die once. The big difference is whether he dies clean - or dirty... ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

It's hard for me to give this advice, but it's advice I wish I had been given when I was young: 'Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don't make compromises. Don't worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned with doing good work. And make the right choices and protect your work. And if you can build a good name, eventually that name will be its own currency.

Please, Lauren," Will said. "You know you're not the kind of girl you date." "Ouch." He leveled her gaze. "You're the kind of girl you marry.

Jimmy put in a word and told them that if I made it, I wouldn't be able to live with myself without paying them back. That I'd sooner die than owe anyone money for helping me. Apparently Jimmy knew more about me at that point than I knew about myself.

We reflect God's character the most when we give freely of ourselves with no strings attached, no secret motives, no hidden agenda.

From the outside, everything looked good. But God doesn't look at the outside.

There's nothing cool about turning against God. There's nothing fun or cute or right about compromising who God wanted you to be.

Once we acknowledge that God is the main character, only then can we even begin to get to that place where we're no longer tempted to let our emotions drive us. We

And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different you will be.

Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (James 1:4

It's the things no one sees that result in the things everyone wants.

Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future. The people you're hanging out with today are shaping the person you will become tomorrow.

Living the right life is almost impossible if you have the wrong friends.

It's the small choices no one sees that result in the big impact everyone wants.

You can't build a foundation of sin now for a life of purity later.

Your calling is more about who you are becoming than what you are doing. Let

Justice." She smiled again, but it quickly faded. "I'm surprised by you, Walt. I never thought of you as . . . as a vengeful person." "Pharisaic, I think, is the word you're looking for.

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