Quotes About Character

Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power.

Booker T. Washington

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.

Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.

Money, it has been said, is the cause of good things to a good man, of evil things to a bad man.

Measure a person by what they do with power.

You must never underestimate the power of your righteous influence.

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

Money and power are not your true rewards. Your name, your principles, your impeccable standards, your virtuous conduct, and remains an influence with others long after you are gone.

If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.

Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.

What?" "I said, Are you dangerous?" I wasn't sure I heard her correctly. "Who? me? No, I'm not dangerous at all." "You promise?" "Sure." "All right, then," she said. "You can get in." And that was how I met the unsinkable, irrepressible, wholly undeniable Kikumi Otsugi, a woman who believed in bad men, but not bad dishonest men. I had given her my word of honor that I would not harm her, and she was satisfied.

Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in.

Lead your life so you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

one character thought, was that they'd never had love and patience at the same time.

She thought you should be able to keep your private life private for any reason or for no reason. She even felt that way about politicians—so long as they weren't hypocrites—and worried that we'd never find enough good and interesting people to run for office if we pried into every corner of their past.

Samuel Smiles's 1859 bestseller Self-Help (with illustrations of Character and Conduct).

Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious. I would say, if you look at the body of his work, the character he is most like is the one in 'The Fugitive.' That's how he talks and jokes. That is the type of energy he has.

Money and success don't change people they merely amplify what is already there.

Everyone is flawed in their own interesting and individual ways. Our flaws help define our character.