Quotes About Character

I think some people who lead special lives, have somehow made this weird jump that they're better because of it. When you see that, its ugly. Being humble is pretty sexy. Being humble is a pretty great quality. Living in humility is a good way to live.

Our scars tell stories of who we are and what we did. A person without marks hasn't done anything.

He couldn't die by degrees in a life like that, didn't think he could do it even for a few days, a revulsion that probably sprang from the same part of his character as the violence he'd come to live by.

Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.

Beauty has a lot to do with character.

Years later, I learned an English word for the creature that Assef was, a word for which a good Farsi equivalent does not exist: sociopath.

you say you have no courage, but i see it in you. what you did, the burden you agreed to shoulder, took courage. for that, i honor you.

Laila imagines she sees little Mariam there in the hut as a woman who will be like a rock in a riverbed, enduring without complaint, her grace not sullied but SHAPED by by the turbulence that washes over her.

Rahim, a boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.

Di dunia ini, ada orang yang memang jahat, dan kadang-kadang mereka akan tetap jahat.

Luka bisa disembuhkan. Reputasi tidak bisa dipulihkan.

without complaint, her grace not sullied but shaped by the turbulence that washes over her. Already Laila sees something behind this young girl's eyes, something deep in her core

God doesn't act like the Church. No, instead, the Church must act like God.

Come work for me, and I'll tell you." My eyes went to his. "You are a thief, a cheat, a murderer, and a not-nice man," I said calmly. "I don't like you." He shrugged, the motion making him look utterly harmless. "I'm not a thief," he said. "And I don't mind manipulating you into working for me when I need it." He smiled, showing me perfect teeth. "I enjoy it, actually.

It is not always what we do, Sa'han, but who we love that makes us who we are. Quen

Rachel isn't a lady, he said as he shut the drawer with a bang. She's a witch, rhymes with bitch, randy and ready.

Nina sniffed, shifting her shoulders to look at the sky through the branches. She's a sweet girl, but poor. Ire pricked through me, and the last of his charisma shredded. Being poor is not an indication of potential or worth. It's a lack of resources.

Great power does not corrupt a person, it only brings their true self into the light

You need someone a little dirty, honey, with a heart of gold.

Power doesn't corrupt. Power brings what we are to the top, is all," I said, thinking of all the ugly I had fought against. "Be it good or bad.

You need someone a little dirty, honey, with a heart of gold," she whispered in my ear as she patted my back. "I don't think you're going to find it in this century. We don't make honest men who are that strong in their convictions anymore. Society seems to just…twist them bad.

That he was being forthright meant more to me than his ugly past.

Whether one has a correct outlook on the revolution or not is revealed particularly at a time of severe trials. People reveal their true nature in adverse circumstances.

It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.