Quotes About Character

Keep not money, but keep good people's company.

Seek ye not riches, seek but the society of good men.

Wise is he who disdains no character, but, fixing a searching eye on him, explores him down to the first causes… Blessed is the man who has chosen the most noble passion from among them all.

Be quiet, Afanasii Ivanovich," said Pulcheria Ivanovna: "you just like to talk, and that's all. A dog is not clean; a dog soils things, and breaks everything: but the cat is a peaceable beast; she does no harm to any one.

His whole face tended towards the nose — it was what, in common parlance, is known as a "pitcher-mug.

Dar în?elept este cel c?ruia nu-i repugn? nici un caracter ?i, ?intuindu-l cu privirea scrut?toare, ajunge s?-l cunoasc? pân? la origine.

But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.

There's a spirit to the western people, that is unique in the world.

A worthy man is not always a holy man.

Three hours later, she was sitting across from the local sheriff, Jim Peabody, whose face looked like the last piece of jerky in the jar.

As his wife she was irrevocably tied to him—his opinions were her opinions. They reflected poorly on her, perhaps not because she held them exactly, but because by choosing Ben, by sticking with him, she showed herself (in the eyes of others) to be a poor judge of character. Though

It is not a lack of morality or any deep character flaw that creates addiction; it is almost always just a lot of pain and a lack of tolerance or compassion for this pain that get us stuck in the repetitive and habitual patterns of drinking, drugging, overeating, or whatever actions our addictions take. In some cases the underlying causes are not as clear, but the suffering that addiction creates is always obvious and undeniable.

Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are.

Aside from the fact that she's a horrible human being, she's actually very nice." Rebecca

The person who is defined by integrity understands that everything they do is a statement about who they are as a person.

It's hard to resist a bad boy who's a good man.

The word midrash itself springs from the Hebrew, I'drash , meaning 'to question'. . . . midrash invents alternative aspects of character and event, keeping the possibilities open [ Out of the Garden .

I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin.

When people pick strong goals, with purposes and values that serve not only themselves but also serve others, their entire character changes." – Takashi Harada

Having dreams and goals helps guide people in the right direction. It helps them build great character and it eventually helps them succeed in their lives.

I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property.

You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.

Mr. Frederick Parker spent a good deal of his time in endeavouring to mask, under a cloak of boisterous good humour, a really remarkable combination of malevolence and imbecility.

We take children from their parents because these cannot give them an intellectual training. So far, good. But we fail to give them that training in character which parents alone can give. Home influence, as Grace Aguilar conceived it—where has it gone? It strikes me that this is a grave danger for the future.