Quotes About Character

Self-respect, courage, and integrity look good ona man.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.

If, for example, you are miserly by nature, you will never go beyond a certain limit; only generous souls attain greatness.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self - our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds.

If you come across any special trait of meanness or stupidity . . . you must be careful not to let it annoy or distress you, but to look upon it merely as an addition to your knowledge—a new fact to be considered in studying the character of humanity. Your attitude towards it will be that of the mineralogist who stumbles upon a very characteristic specimen of a mineral. —Arthur Schopenhauer

For what the leaders are, that, as a rule, will the men below them be. —Xenophon (430?–355? B.C.)

If you come across any special trait of meanness or stupidity … you must be careful not to let it annoy or distress you, but to look upon it merely as an addition to your knowledge—a new fact to be considered in studying the character of humanity. Your attitude towards it will be that of the mineralogist who stumbles upon a very characteristic specimen of a mineral. —Arthur Schopenhauer

In fact, the better you are at dealing with power, the better friend, lover, husband, wife, and person you become.

The more Coriolanus said, the less powerful he appeared—a person who cannot control his words shows that he cannot control himself, and is unworthy of respect.

The voice in this case that is calling you is not necessarily coming from God, but from deep within. It emanates from your individuality. It tells you which activities suit your character. And at a certain point, it calls you to a particular form of work or career. Your work then is something connected deeply to who you are, not a separate compartment in your life. You develop then a sense of your vocation.

The straight trees are cut down, the crooked ones are left standing. Kautilya, Indian philosopher, third century B.C. KEYS

What people say about themselves does not matter; people will say anything. Look at what they have done; deeds do not lie. You must also apply this logic to yourself. In looking back at a defeat, you must identify the things you could have done differently.

It is a great folly to hope that other men will harmonize with us; I have never hoped this. I have always regarded each man as an independent individual, whom I endeavored to understand with all his peculiarities, but from whom I desired no further sympathy. In this way have I been enabled to converse with every man, and thus alone is produced the knowledge of various characters and the dexterity necessary for the conduct of life. —JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Second, you must convince yourself of the following: people get the mind and quality of brain that they deserve through their actions in life.

The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent—I name no names.

The wayfarer was lean and keen-featured, and somewhat bowed at the shoulders; his paws were thin and long, his eyes much wrinkled at the corners, and he wore small gold ear rings in his neatly-set well-shaped ears. His knitted jersey was of a faded blue, his breeches, patched and stained, were based on a blue foundation, and his small belongings that he carried were tied up in a blue cotton handkerchief.

I believe there are failures of character, like I said before. That's a sin.

You don't believe in sins. I believe there are failures of character, like I said before. That's a sin. Well, you're here now. This is where I want to be now.

Cowardice, thy name is Harriet.

I never wanted to safe... I wanted to be good.

I doona need drugs. I am naturally a mean bastard.

Many of the profound and persistent problems we face stem more from a lack of skill (which in turn stems from a lack of deliberate practice) than from a genetic curse, a lack of courage, or a character flaw. Self-discipline, long viewed as a character trait, and elite performance, similarly linked to genetic gifts, stem from the ability to engage in guided practice of clearly defined skills.