Quotes About Character

Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with … making it stand in people's thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself.

The number of those who have nothing to recommend them and of those in whom nothing but good can be found is probably equal

There is only one realm in which characters defy natural laws and remain the same—the realm of bad writing. And its the fixed nature of the characters which makes the writing bad. If a character in a short story, novel, or play occupies the same position at the end as the one he did at the beginning, that story, novel, or play is bad.

the gallery takes this in, Katherine briefly imagines the article in the pages of the Sioux City Journal: How is it possible their former high school debate champion, who has succeeded in the world and achieved so much, could allow herself to be bamboozled by a dog eater? How is it possible she could be the unquestioning fiancée of a murderer for twelve years? What kind of a character witness will she make? Obviously, she lost perspective on Dagou's character long ago.

First, the word she used that we translate kindness is the Hebrew hesed. It's a word that refers to a strongly bonded relationship where one party continues to be faithfully involved with another because it is the character of the first party to do so.

Nobody moves toward real Christlikeness without humility. Humility is not a bad self-image or a nonassertive personality. Humility is an eager willingness to see where you are wrong in order to experience the power of God that has already made you fit for His presence.

Maturity involves two elements: 1) immediate obedience in specific situations and 2) long-range character growth.

You know Deets is like me - he's not one to quit on a garment just because it's got a little age - spoken by Augustus McCrae

Such is the life and death of a good cowboy.

My main skills are talking and cooking biscuits," Augustus said. "And getting drunk on the porch.

He decided not to shoot the tall stranger, mainly because he admired his soft felt hat.

In that respect, Gus was unusual, for most men didn't talk. He would blab right up until he shoved his old carrot in, and then would be blabbing again, before it was even dry.

Gus knew himself. He knew how he wanted to be, and he had chosen in the critical hour not to accept being less.

A person, Bobby would tell his oldest daughter Kathleen, could be judged by the enemies he made.

It's not WHAT you do for a living that brings career satisfaction. It's WHO you get to be while doing what you do that does.

She has learned, over time, that the way someone laughs often mirrors who they are. How they are.

You don't meet many people who let you practice your self-confidence on them that way. The ones who do are either very weak or very strong.

Always performing who they are instead of being it

Anybody knew that no two men were alike. You could measure cloth with a yardstick, or distance by miles, but you could not lump men together and measure them by any rule. Brains and character did not depend on anything but the man himself. Some men did not have the sense at sixty that some had at sixteen.

This year the teacher was a slim, pale young man. His name was Mr. Corse. He was gentle and patient, and never whipped little boys because they forgot how to spell a word. Almanzo

The floorboards creaked. She felt him come close behind her, a warmth, a presence that made her stiffen with awareness. You have remarkable character, Princess. Your eyebrows are lovely. Your chin is adorable and your eyes are gorgeous. Your figure is... utterly splendid. Just about too splendid, if I may be forgiven for saying so. It's been damned hard to remember I'm a gentleman.

At her very first attempt Agatha had understood – or intuited – that a clue based upon character has double the value.

plot, for Agatha, meant distillation of character.

I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions, you have ceased to be one of the good guys. No, quoting Nietzsche does that. Machiavelli is just cool.