Quotes About Character

and yet he could also be very charming, in a bookish, infinitely apologetic way.

be a good person to know," I said. "Watch

Only trouble sticks to me with any regularity…but I'm learning to think that can shape a person, too.

I'm beginning to think you couldn't make up a woman like this except as a character in a movie.

everything about this moment is so sharp and lovely, I do something completely out of character and just let myself have it.

I had a harder time with this dishonesty, because it seemed to speak of something larger. The way he was always out for himself, whatever the cost.

parents today are more likely to say their primary wish for their children is that they be happy. In pursuit of this goal they indulge their children, often unconsciously, to a degree that is startling to previous generations. All parents need to remember that true happiness comes through having character and discipline, and living a life of meaningful contribution—not by having and doing whatever you wish.

it is not the victory but why a man fights the battle which makes him a hero. Kate speaking to Callum in LAIRD OF THE MIST

Her only flair is in her nostrils.

Show me your friends and I will tell you your future

He had been accompanied by his father and the family solicitor who, between them, had made the boy sound so mild mannered that it made Clark Kent sound like Rambo.

Hold your head high, and if you're going to go down, go down knowing you have not in any way compromised your soul.

Èšine-È›i mereu capul sus,iar dac? vei fi nevoit? s? È›i-l apleci, încearc? s? o faci f?r? s?-È›i compromiÈ›i sufletul!

Testemunhando objetivamente sua história, mesmo a consciência ingênua acaba por despertar criticamente, para identificar-se como personagem que se ignorava e é chamada a assumir seu papel.

Não nego a competência, por outro lado, de certos arrogantes, mas lamento neles a ausência de simplicidade que, não diminuindo em nada seu saber, os faria gente melhor. Gente mais gente.

Through contact with the virtuous even the wicked get reformed, just as a base metal is transmuted by the touch of the philosopher's stone. On the other hand, if by mischance good men fall into evil company, they maintain their noble character like the gem on the hood of a serpent.

Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.

I'll tell you a secret about storytelling. Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty... were not perfect in the beginning. It's only a happy ending on the last page, right? If the princess had everything from the beginning, there wouldn't be a story. Anyone who is imperfect or incomplete can become the main character in the story.

Ikuto! Are you ditching again? I'm bored, meow.

Les victoires et les défaites font grandir et rayonner les gens. — Utau

Any time your life is at stake and you can't find even one woman to come forward and say, 'This is a good man,' your problem isn't what kind of woman THEY are. Your problem is what kind of men YOU are.

For no life disgraced is life.—

Act like a criminal and that's how you'll be treated.

your brand follows you wherever you go—be sure it's the you that you intend for everyone to know.