Quotes About Character

When Christian leaders act unjustly, it reflects on the character of God. Unbelievers watch and decide that if Christians are like that, their God must also be unjust.

These days, however, gentlemanly status seems to be more a question of appearance than conduct.

What did I think of him? I, who'd worked with him hand-in-glove longer than all the rest, and who knew him better than anyone -- including Mrs. Blackthorne? He was a first-class son of a bitch. But how many men have you known who were first in their class at anything?

There are subjects for which I have more than ordinary affection because they are associated in my mind with kindly and understanding men or women--sculptors who left even upon such impliant clay as mine the delicate chiseling of refined genius, who gave unwittingly something of their final character to most unpromising material.

Are you sharing content to appear stronger or are you sharing content to present your authentic strength?

Forget the money, show me the morals.

Maintain your reputation by referring only those that you would stake your reputation on.

Truth is not flexible. If they have to stretch, bend or hide the truth in order to get that connection or sale; they might not the best person to connect with or buy from.

We are—or we become—what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful who we pretend to be.

We are—or we become—what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful who we pretend to be. I check the time. I have a few more minutes before I must get into my uniform. I open a browser and search for "Jon Rittenberg" "Colorado" "Silver Aspens Ski Resort." Articles from the local Colorado newspapers pop up. The older articles mention that Silver Aspens, a TerraWest property, has a new operations manager—gold medalist

Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.

We have hands that must work, brains that must think, and personalities that must be developed.

My parents taught me to be nice first because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice. Be nice until it's time to stop being nice. Then destroy them.

Tae was no damsel in distress. She was resilient, tenacious, and brave as hell, and … damn. That was attractive.

it's the mark of a man how he handles hardship, not what he does for a living.

Try not to become a person of success, but rather a person of value.

I've always admired your ability to be unilaterally irritating.

A man's magic demonstrates what sort of person he is, what is held most deeply inside of him. There is no truer gauge of a man's character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power. I was not a murderer. I was not like Victor Sells. I was Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. I was a wizard. Wizards control their power. They don't let it control them. And wizards don't use magic to kill people. They use it to discover, to protect, to mend, to help. Not to destroy.

There is no truer gauge of a man's character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power.

Mister Dresden is a diplomatically challenged individual. He should be in a shelter for the tactless.

As a whole, people suck. But a person can be extraordinary

Whenever you've got a choice, do good, kiddo. It isn't always fun or easy, but in the long run it makes your life better.

It doesn't make you a monster to want, she said, her voice very gentle. It's what you do with it that matters.

Magic came from life itself, from the interaction of nature and the elements, from the energy of all living beings, and especially of people. A man's magic demonstrates what sort of person he is, what is held most deeply inside of him. There is no truer gauge of a man's character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power.