Quotes About Character

We tend to become like the worst in those we oppose.

There's steel in this man that no one has taken the temper out of...

If I always behave with propriety, no matter what it costs me to suppress my own desires, then that is the measure of me. Such is the essence of self-control.

But the test of a man isn't what you think he'll do. It's what he actually does.

He straightened, assuming an odd attitude of dignity – as though it were another mask.

Umman Kudu: scissors-line of jaw muscles, chin like a boot toe - a man to be trusted because the captain's vices were known.

Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern.

Che cosa disprezzi? È da questo che ti si conosce veramente.

It requires good government. That does not depend upon laws or precedent, but upon the personal qualities of whoever governs.

a man must permit his deeds and his words to agree. When your actions describe a system of evil consequences, you should be judged by those con sequences and not by your explanations.

Un líder es una de las cosas que diferencia a una turba de un pueblo. Es alguien que mantiene la individualidad. Cuando hay poca individualidad, el pueblo se convierte en una turba.

If I always behave with propriety, no matter what it costs me to suppress my own desires, then that is the measure of me." "Such is the essence of self-control, youngster.

Si siempre me comporto como es debido sin tener en cuenta lo que me cueste suprimir mis propios deseos, eso es lo único que quedará de mí.

Halleck was a continual amazement—a head full of songs, quotations, and flowery phrases…and the heart of an assassin when it came to dealing with the Harkonnens.

He has that tremendous, almost naive honor—and what a powerful force that truly is.

Perverts don't perpetuate!

What do you despise? By this are you truly known. —FROM "MANUAL OF MUAD'DIB" BY THE PRINCESS IRULAN

The test of a man isn't what you think he'll do but what he actually does.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.

Es lo que dice mi padre de los hombres que no beben –dice Eamon–, que no son de fiar.

Tom looked more and more like a rabbi. As is the way of men of character in provincial towns, he tended to become a collection of mannerisms, a caricature of himself.

We say that a given habit grows on us. Really it grows in us, becomes second nature.

We must remember that possession of physical beauty can easily weaken the moral faculty.

Modesty is not one of my virtues. At the time, virtue was not one of my virtues.