Quotes About Character

The funny thing about having people believe good things about you is that, without even realizing it, you want to make those things true.

A man who doesn't stand for what is right dies his own death well before it happens.

Tough times make good people and bad people.

What should matter is whether or not you can live with who you are.

I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

There is no definition of beauty, but when you can see someone's spirit coming through, something unexplainable, that's beautiful to me.

Being continually in people?s sight, by the satiety which it creates, diminishes the reverence felt for great characters.

With God, it isn't who you were that matters; it's who you are becoming.

And when she was good She was very, very good, But when she was bad she was horrid. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

You're not the bad choices you may have made. You're who you are right now, and you're the next decision you make.

While I may hate that I was once fat, I am absolutely thankful that I grew up relying on something other than beauty.

I am not a properly trained historian. I am a lawyer by trade, and an inquisitive, practical woman by character.

I intend to follow the path of virtue. It will not be overcrowded.

A talent for truth is real property. If a man loves truth better than things, people like to be around where he is. Almost everybody wishes he could be honest, but you can't have the spirit of truth when your heart is set on dickering for things.

There is no vanity so damaging to a man's character as pride over his good deeds!

Inuring children gently to suffer some degrees of pain without shrinking, is a way to gain firmness to their minds, and lay a foundation for courage and resolution in the future part of their lives.

I'd say a man is someone who is honest, strong-minded, moral, genuine, just a good human being.

Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior.

To suppose as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober.

There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation.

Hearts that are delicate and kind and tongues that are neither;—these make the finest company in the world.

College guys are different. They're looking for quality.

Yes, we need to be active Christians, walking through doors that are open to us. But sometimes we break the doors down, say they were already open, and even use God's name to defend ourselves, defiling his character with misinterpretations of His word. We do these things to meet her own needs instead of trusting Him.

There are 2 kinds of people in the world. Those who enjoy a nice salami and those who have no souls.