Quotes About Character

We're saints and sinners both, the lot of us, or else there's no saints and no sinners.

You have to impress him! Be independent and plucky, but often do things that are moronic and out of character!

God is more concerned with our character than with our achievements. Achievements have importance only in the realm of time. Character is eternal. It determines what we will be through eternity.

Up there the world is divided into bastards and suckers. Make your choice.

Aristotle also felt strongly that virtue requires action; mere noble intentions are not enough.

Be the best you can be, in the worst of circumstances, even when no one is watching.

Krishna's son, Samba, is portrayed in the scriptures as an irresponsible lout, perhaps to inform us that the child of a great man need not be a great man; greatness is not transmitted through the generations. Every man ultimately makes or destroys his own legacy.

humility is the true measure of wisdom.

Stay true to the idea of dharma. Be the best you can be, in the worst of circumstances, even when no one is watching

journey from knowing to becoming is the journey of transformation from Ravana to Ram.

Neither Sita nor Ram let the forest erode their values. Wherever they go, they hold on to the principles of dharma. They may have left Ayodhya, but Ayodhya never leaves them.

Ram and Ravana represent two ends of the human spectrum.

Tadaka subscribes to no rules, Ahalya breaks a rule while Sita follows all rules.

I'm a sailor, and we're both British," Lewrie said with a grin. "Of course, we need a dab of mustard.

most staid fellow, who most-like firmly

The thought manifests the word; The word manifests the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character; So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let them spring forth from love Born out of compassion for all beings. As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become.

Judge Chin found no mitigating factors. "In a white-collar fraud case such as this, I would expect to see letters from family and friends and colleagues. But not a single letter has been submitted attesting to Mr. Madoff's good deeds or good character or civic or charitable activities. The absence of such support is telling." Given Madoff's age, Judge Chin acknowledged that any sentence above twenty years was effectively a life sentence.

Almost anyone can bear adversity…but if you want to reveal someone's true character, give them power.

He captures something of C. S. Lewis in The Lord of the Rings. The character Treebeard makes an unusual "Hrum, Hroom" sound when he speaks. This was Tolkien's attempt to capture the "booming voice" of Lewis. The identification of Lewis with this wise and ancient tree-man should be seen as high praise, indeed, for Tolkien's love for trees is evident throughout his writing. More

It's not about the dress you wear, but it's about the life you lead in the dress.

My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me.

In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.

She was many things, but a liar was not one of them.

You're a jumper. He's a thinker.