Quotes About Character

Well, young man, have you found anyone worthy of your respect? Artemis smiled back. Yes, he said. I believe I have.

She had never heard Artemis sound so warm, so sincere. Usually emotional displays were difficult for the boy and he stumbled through them awkwardly. This wasn't like him at all.

Opal giggled. For someone, who never smiled, he had a delicious sense of humor.

I often think that an individual's character can be judged by what he considers worthy of celebration.

Root nodded, twisting a thick cigar into the hole beneath his nose.

Mooi schot.'... Artemis stak haar de munt toe. 'Nee,' zei Holly. 'Hou hem maar. Om je te helpen herinneren... dat er diep onder die lagen onbetrouwbaarheid toch nog een vonkje fatsoen is.

Some people ain't got no Riverbend in their soul.

Si alguien te hiciere saber que un inviduo habla mal de ti, no te defiendas, ni refutes lo que haya dicho, sino que responde: «Aquel que ha dicho aquello de mí, ignora sin duda otros defectos, de lo contrario no habría dicho sólo estos.»

Do not try to seem wise to others.

If evil be said of thee, and if it be true, correct thyself; if it be a lie, laugh at it.

Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?

Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Therefore, give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths. Remain steadfast...and one day you will build something that endures: something worthy of your potential.

These reasonings are unconnected: I am richer than you, therefore I am better; I am more eloquent than you, therefore I am better. The connection is rather this: I am richer than you, therefore my property is greater than yours; I am more eloquent than you, therefore my style is better than yours. But you, after all, are neither property nor style.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

Difficulty shows what men are.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it.

If a man has reported to you, that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make any defense to what has been told you: but reply, The man did not know the rest of my faults, for he would not have mentioned these only.

You should be especially careful when associating with one of your former friends or acquaintances not to sink to their level; otherwise you will lose yourself. If you are troubled by the idea that 'He'll think I'm boring and won't treat me the way he used to,' remember that everything comes at a price. It isn't possible to change your behavior and still be the same person you were before.

So don't make a show of your philosophical learning to the uninitiated, show them by your actions what you have absorbed.

What saith Antisthenes? Hast thou never heard?— It is a kingly thing, O Cyrus, to do well and to be evil spoken of.

Tell yourself what you want to be, then act your part accordingly.

Asked how a man should best grieve his enemy, Epictetus replied, By setting himself to live the noblest life himself.

CIRCUMSTANCES DON'T MAKE THE MAN, THEY ONLY REVEAL HIM TO HIMSELF