Quotes About Character

Handsome is that handsome does.

I… chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well.

Thus, my children, after men have travelled through a few stages in vice, shame forsakes them, and returns back to wait upon the few virtues they have still remaining.

Both wit and understanding are trifles, without integrity; it is that which gives value to every character. The ignorant peasant without fault is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without an heart?

Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.

Either you're born crazy or you're born boring.

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

I do, I kick major butt in 'Dredd.' I get to kill people. I break a guy's neck by roundhouse kicking him in the face. It was me, I did it. I learned how to roundhouse kick. I also do it with my hands cuffed behind my back so it's pretty cool I have to say. Yeah, leather body suit, blonde hair, the whole thing.

There's so much with my character in 'Dredd' that I identify with. She's my favorite character I think I've ever played. She's the most dynamic and fascinating woman that I could even imagine playing, so I love her. What I love about her is that her sensitivity is her greatest strength.

So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character.

My husband Rhashan reminds me of my father because he's got great strength of character.

Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.

If we analyze the character for zen, we find that it combines the radical shi (to show) with the character tan (single).

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

His life was a hymn in praise of honor, uprightness, and patriotism.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away.

Vedi, nemmeno a contatto con l'infinito un uomo diventa grande se in lui non v'è grandezza. Andar sulla Luna non ci rende certo migliori.

Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us.

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work

This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?

You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.