Quotes About Character

It is no light thing, said he, to endure poverty uncomplainingly; and a difficult thing to bear wealth without becoming arrogant.

Fools follow after vanity. The wise man keeps earnestness as his best jewel.

There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its least worthy members. Though manifestly unfair, this tendency has some justification. For the character and destiny of a group are often determined by its inferior elements.

Rudeness is a weak persons imitation of strength.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength

A man don't need to act tough if he is. Men that put on a show are spineless more often than not.

Mme Therbouche: Ah oui, qu'avez-vous fait jusqu'à présent pour la morale ? Diderot: (sans vergogne). Mais... j'ai offert mon exemple.

Córeczko, jeÅ›li spotkasz czÅ'owieka peÅ'nego zalet, staraj siÄ™ do niego upodobni?. JeÅ›li spotkasz czÅ'owieka miernego, staraj siÄ™ odnale?? jego wady w sobie

We are what we do.

Any society, in order to survive, must mold the character of its members in such a way that they want to do what they have to do; their social function must become internalized and transformed into something they feel driven to do, rather than something they are obliged to do.

Not the man who has much, but the man who is much is the fully developed, truly human man.

when others draw you out of your own character, and make you assume one that is quite a stranger to you, it is difficult to distinguish you under the disguise

Well, my mom is single and we've both been single at the same time over the last ten years, so I really related to the bond between my character and Diane's.

Whoever John Stoner is, he is no magician. He could not have made you into a hero if you had not already possessed the raw material." -Concordia Glade to Ambrose Wills.

Being a bastard is not a bad thing; it is merely a fact. Like having red hair or blue eyes. It does not tell you the character of the person in question.

L'opinion du monde ne compte pas, mon fils. Seul compte que tu saches, au tréfonds de ton cÅ"ur, que tu n'as pas souillé ton honneur. L'honneur est une chose sacrée et doit être traité comme tel. Un homme peut survivre au scandale, à la ruine, ou à pire encore, s'il sait que son honneur est sauf.

beauty plus personality equal model while beauty plus personality plus spirituality equals super model

Not a speaking role.

In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

Humility pays.

Some people may like you because of your social status, others may love you because of your money and many may respect you because of your knowledge but only a few may like, love and respect you for who you are.

Virtue becomes unhealthy if it is not softened by some misdemeanors, and faith quickly becomes cruel if is not subdued by certain doubts.

When I find a trustworthy man, he lacks ambition and scorns the apparatus of power; and when a man appears ready to jump at the first office I offer him, his haste unnerves me.