Quotes About Character

Is Preacher pissed?" "Preacher hardly ever gets pissed," Jack said. "But just for future reference, you don't want to be around when he is.

I couldn't be sure what you would be like now, but I couldn't believe you'd changed that much. And see—I was right. You turned out to be a nice guy.

No man can, for any considerable time, wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which is the true one. —Nathaniel Hawthorne

You forgot how to be awesome because you were too busy being cool

Because we are finite creatures who live in time, we cannot see things clearly. Be careful in judging others because the truth of their character and their situation may be hidden from your eyes. Only God knows the whole truth and only God knows the future. Don't expect all the answers now, but be patient and trusting and seek to grow in love. Each act of love is one more step in the long journey to our true and only home, unity with God in eternity.

The kind of Christians we will be in the time of testing depends on the kind of Christians we are today.

Both mainstream liberalism and conservatism are essentially materialist ideologies, and we should not be surprised that both shape a society dedicated to the multiplication of wants and the intensification of desire, not the improvement of character.

You shouldn't be in the music business if you're posing.

For Socrates, the goal of all human beings was arete.

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.

Los rasgos del carácter son "los anhelos apasionados relativamente permanentes".

The Chinese character for "crisis," he pointed out to me, combines the characters for "danger" and "opportunity.

Everyone nice when asleep. But you press on one of his corns and then you see what kind of man he is.

The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

Buffett's genius was largely a genius of character—of patience, discipline, and rationality.

Do not judge others by their dramatic moments—how they may panic or become nasty or wild in a crisis—in contrast to their much different normal behavior.

It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.

He made me write my research notes on three-by-five cards. On each card was a scene, a character note, or a detail from my research.

Who could hang a name on me

People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.

Well, anyhow, he thought, the French say that bad temper and stubbornness make one live longer, so I may still be around for a while...

Starr noticed that some of her prettiness was gone now, and that left her beautiful. The inner wear and tear was showing through. Shining through.

A limited number of types,good and bad serve for all ages.

Basta un instante para hacer un héroe, y una vida entera para hacer un hombre.