Quotes About Character

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." [On British Labour politician Stafford Cripps.]

Time has passed like a courier with urgent news.But that's just our simile.The character's invented, his haste is make-believe,his news inhuman.

Jeremiah 13:23 says, "Can the Cushite change his skin, / Or the leopard his spots? / Then you also may be able to do good, / Who are accustomed to do evil.

Do not simply know God according to what He does, but know Him according to what He is. Whether or not God does something for us means nothing.

Do you want to know who you are Don't ask. Act Action will delineate and define you.

make strong women weak and weak men strong

God cares less about what we do than what we are. In the eternal scheme of things, God looks at our hearts, not our résumés.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

Buddhist practice is about developing character. And relationships are the forum, the classroom, in which we learn how.

Sophie had many positive qualities that balanced out her unpleasant pre-coffee demeanor.

A vice in common can be the ground of a friendship but not a virtue in common. X and Y may be friends because they are both drunkards or womanizers but, if they are both sober and chaste, they are friends for some other reason.

Las manos de los hombres no saben usar máscaras. Los hombres ponen duras las facciones hasta para sentirse guapos, pero las manos siempre los delatan. Cuando unas manos de hombre no te dicen nada, lo más probable es que el fulano sea un pendejito sin carácter.

A man may hate cruelty and lies, but if he's never given an opportunity to show what he's made of, no one will remember him when he dies.

If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.

I made my people understand the crucial difference between modesty and self-control. The modest person, I told them, will do nothing blameworthy in the light of day, but a true paragon of self-control—which we all should strive to be—avoids unworthy actions even in the deepest secrecy of his private life.

Most of us are always trying to increase our wealth, but you and your officers seem far more concerned with perfecting your souls.

The corrupt heart breaketh out by the lewd tongue.

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.

Human nature is what Heaven supplies.

Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.

Jesus is the best clue we have as to what God is like and He is consistently gracious and merciful, especially to those who are failures. He is harsh to uptight, judgmental people, but merciful and gracious to the failures. He seems to draw out the smallest kernel of faith in each person that He's with. So, I presume that that's the way God is going to judge humanity.

My mom always told me that the one thing that people make fun of you for when you're little, will be the one thing they'll respect you for when you get older.

A brute is still a brute, even when smiles; the eyes are where the soul declares its true nature.