Quotes About Character

Telemachus the Just," I said. He smiled. "That's what they call you if you're so boring they can't think of something better.

Among our bragging, ranting heroes, Peleus was the exception: a man of modesty.

Such passive, pale words for what she was.

All that his tipsiness did was to make him five times more his natural self than in normal times. And Mr. Geard's natural self was a thing of mountainous potency.

In the sense of movement a boat is a living thing. It is a companion in the night. Each boat has its own manner and character." Travis McGee, 1985

He's such a male little male.

God and your folks give you the face you're born with, but you earn the one you die with.

Hoover Hess, the owner, was working the desk. He was a loose, asthmatic, scurfy man with the habitual expression of someone having his leg removed without anesthetic. His smile was a special agony. He had gone as high as a seventh mortgage and been down as low as a second. He averaged out at about four.

I had a horror of the danger of arrogance. What a pitiful thing it is when a man lets a little temporary success spoil him, warp his judgment, and he forgets what he is!

Without a life example that speaks louder than words, even the most persuasive leader will fail.

between Don Quixote the mystic and Sancho Panza the sensualist there is no middle ground.

None are so busy as the fool and knave.

To put it bluntly, your flesh is a weasel, a poser, and a selfish pig. And your flesh is not you.

You learn a great deal about the true nature of a person in the way they love, why they love, and, in what they love.

Let the world feel the weight of who you are and let them deal with it.

To put it bluntly, your flesh is a weasel, a poser, and a selfish pig. And your flesh is not you. Did you know that? Your flesh is not the real you.

The warrior learns to master the art of holding fast to dreams while accepting the rigors of becoming the kind of man who can be entrusted with those dreams;

Hope is a fruit of proven character.

You are never a great man when you have more mind than heart. —BEAUCHENE

Whatever isn't born out of deep confidence in God is sin. That includes our personality and our approach to life.

A man's heart reflects the man . . . Proverbs 27:19

But the way Jesus discipled each man proves his humility. To be a crowd-drawing teacher can be a rather heady experience, all eyes looking to you for the next bit of wisdom to drop from your lips. It's easy to be gracious when you're adored. But when your class keeps missing the point, challenging you, running down rabbit trails, changing the subject, misunderstanding, breaking out into a brawl—that's when your character is exposed

Femininity can never bestow masculinity.

far and above the most revealing aspect of anyone's character is how one handles people. How is Jesus with people? He welcomes intrusion. He stops what he's doing and gives undivided attention. He's such an immensely gracious person.