Quotes About Character

I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing.

not like Nicolas Cage who always just plays Nicolas Cage in every film. Daniel

Mrs. Bevins smiled. "Okay. I'll cop. I think every teacher sees this sometimes. It's not simply intelligence or talent. It's a nobility of spirit. A quality which could make him great at whatever he wanted to do." We

Pour moi, écrit Pathios, je sais que, souvent, des écrits d'auteurs différents offrent une grande ressemblance et que des écrits de caractère différent remontent à un seul auteur. Car les ressources humaines ne sont pas toujours inaltérables ni immuables, pas plus dans les lettres que dans les autres domaines.

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

An action will not be right unless the will be right for from thence is the action derived. Again, the will will not be right unless the disposition of the mind be right for from thence comes the will.

Tis the upright mind that holds true sovereignty.

So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.

Watch a man in times of... adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off.

It is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.

You see that was Peter's chance to show what he was made of, and he didn't miss his chance. He did the right thing, even though he was afraid. It's a great thing not to miss one's chance.

Man is what he eats.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.

Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king

Anyone who tells a lie has not pure heart, and cannot make good soup.

The only sign of "superiority" I acknowledge in Man is goodness.

Whoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup.

Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.

In Nature too, much may exist that we do not like. But we cannot change the essential character of natural events. If, for example, someone thinks — and there are some who have maintained as much — that the way in which man ingests his food, digests it, and incorporates it into his body is disgusting, one cannot argue the point with him. One must say to him: There is only this way or starvation.

True, I'd never met him. And true, he was a fictional character. But he also was what people needed him to be: a dashing hero, and articulate peacemaker, a cunning excape artist.

There's really no such thing as a right or wrong choice. We don't make decisions. Our decisions make us.

The highest ranking wolf in the pack isn't the one that uses brute force. It's the one who can, and chooses not to.