Quotes About Character

Emotions come and go and can't be controlled so there's no reason to worry about them. That in the end, people should be judged by their actions since in the end it was actions that defined everyone.

You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.

You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.

We value cleverness and intelligence and strength. Money, too. But nice is incredibly special. And it's not so easy to be this way all the time, you know? Other people are very difficult. It takes a lot of effort to understand them and stay nice despite everything.

For a cat is just a cat, and cannot change its nature.

I'm not geeky but I have my geeky, corky moments, and then I've got some aspects of cool in me, I guess.

You somehow grow into the fullness of your humanity, form your own character, become a proper person – I don't know, someone who has become a part of things, not someone separated from or at odds with the world.

Apart from the principles of the Bible, you cannot be the man, the husband, and the father you may be.

Interestingly, the word 'person' did not originally refer to the individual in the way we tend to use it today. Instead, 'person' came, via french, from the Latin word 'persona', which referred to the mask worn by tan actor to protray a particular character. In this theatrical sense, personality has to do with the role or character that the person plays in life's drama. The person's individuality, in this sense, is a matter of the roles or characters that he or she assumes.

What we do defines us. Our deeds are like shadows and depending on whether we run into or from the sun, they either lie behind us or before us. - Vulkan

All men have flaws, it's what makes them men. The ability to see and mitigate one's own flaws is a measure of a man's greatness.

The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones.

Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.

Great leaders are not always popular.

I guess you think this is some kind of character-building exercise, too, then??" "Do you REALLY think the last thing I'm gonna do before I die is admit someone else was right??

Mother and daughter considered each other. Different hair, different eyes, different hearts. Both tall enough that people whispered of etin blood. Both with bright, pattern-making minds.

Was it her true nature to take from others her own power?

Her back was straight, she moved with enormous, fragile dignity.

I imagined Cei as the kind of English rugby player I used to know: mostly kind—if he thinks you're like him; not stupid but lazy and willing to learn only when prodded; and (mostly) just this side of being an asshole but (almost) always very close to the line. Basically, a jerk but with some good points, and useful in a fight. I've spent a lot of time in a lot of pubs with men like Cei.

She liked the feel of him. He was clever, but straight-grained. Sound as an oak staff.

Ethical rules vary; honour does not change. A man is noble if he prefers to fail rather than to debase the tools of his triumph.

Adapting to the modern world demands the hardening of one's sensibility and the debasing of one's character.

Negarse a admirar es la marca de la bestia.

We doubt the importance of many virtues as long as we do not come across the contrary vice.