Quotes About Character

But never, ever, had I been called irresponsible. And I kind of liked it.

What are you going to name him?" I asked her. Adrian followed my lead. "Adrian Sinclair has a nice ring to it," he said. Olive's eyes, full of fear, watched the window and door, but her lips curled into another smile at the joke. "Declan." "Nice Irish name," I said. "It would work," Adrian conceded. "Declan Adrian Sinclair." "Declan Neil," she corrected.

I was no better at reading people than I had been ten seconds ago, but in that moment, I suddenly gained a flash of understanding into the mystery that was Adrian Ivashkov. People didn't believe in him very often. They had low expectations of him, so he did as well.

Pero el nombre y el apellido no hacen a una persona ni determinan qué va a ser, como bien has demostrado.

El carácter se desarrolla y manifiesta por medio de las pruebas; la vida en sí, toda, es una prueba.

Tu F.O.R.M.A. revela tu ministerio, pero tu corazón de siervo muestra tu madurez. No se necesita un talento o don para recoger la basura o arreglar las sillas después de una reunión, cualquiera puede ser siervo. Todo lo que se necesita es carácter.

Esta es la única prueba real del liderazgo: ¿Es evidente el Espíritu de Dios en tu vida? Si no lo es, entonces no eres una persona a la que haya que seguir. El

A qualidade essencial para a liderança não é a perfeição, mas a credibilidade.

El desarrollo del carácter siempre involucra una elección, y la tentación proporciona esa oportunidad.

Our habits control our lives. We shape our habits; then our habits shape us.

your character is the sum total of your habits. You can't claim to be kind unless you are habitually kind — you show kindness without even thinking about it. You can't claim to have integrity unless it is your habit to always be honest.

Los hábitos son cosas que tú haces. ¡No son lo que tú eres! Tú tienes debilidades, pero tú no eres tus debilidades.

This next sentence is one of the most important spiritual truths you will ever learn: God develops the fruit of the Spirit in your life by allowing you to experience circumstances in which you're tempted to express the exact opposite quality! Character development always involves a choice, and temptation provides that opportunity.

Every time you forget that character is one of God's purposes for your life, you will become frustrated by your circumstances. You'll wonder, "Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time?" One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult!

Los líderes aceptan la culpa; los perdedores se la pasan a otro.

Being right wasn't nearly as important as doing right....

Not all leaders are elected, Finn. Some just rise to the occasion.

Corruption is like a lily—brush against it, however lightly, and some of the pollen smears on you. Therefore choose your friends and your employers wisely.

Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than ever.

You are still yourself in everything except your appearance. You've still got your own mind and your own brain and your own voice, and thank goodness for that.

No one who is good can ever be ugly.

It was an unhappy truth, he told himself, that nearly all people in the world behave badly when there is something really big at stake.

What a nice child she is, Miss Honey thought. I don't care what her father said about her, she seems very quiet and gentle to me. And not a bit stuck up in spite of her brilliance.

There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it's a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews. I mean, there's always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn't just pick on them for no reason. I mean, if you and I were in a line moving towards what we knew were gas chambers, I'd rather have a go at taking one of the guards with me; but they [the Jews] were always submissive.