Quotes About Character

aretaic ethics is a category of ethics that focuses on the virtues produced in individuals, not the morality of specific acts.

Fourth, although a bit more difficult to do than the previous three considerations, you should attempt to evaluate the character of the moral actor. Character is the tendency of a person to act in predictable ways over time. Virtue theorists have led the way in insisting that any ethic that does not concern itself with character and virtue is incomplete and reduces ethics to merely a preoccupation with actions, specifically moral dilemmas that people do not often face.

Ethical systems may be classified as either action-oriented systems or virtue-based systems. Under these two major divisions are three subcategories by which ethical systems may be further classified: deontological systems, teleological systems, and relativism.

Loving difficult people will refine us. Perhaps only in heaven will our love be so perfected that we can actually like these people, too. St. Augustine spoke of a man who, on earth, had chronic gas problems; in heaven, his flatulence became perfect music.

You're one third bad intentions, one third pure avarice, and one eighth sawdust. What's left, I'll credit, must be brains.

it is not their sins per se that characterized evil people, rather it is the subtlety and persistence and consistency of their sins. This is because the central defect of evil is not the sin but the refusal to acknowledge it

c'était moi qui souffrais de troubles du caractère, pas lui. J'étais responsable de mon temps. C'était à moi seul de décider comment je voulais l'utiliser et l'organiser.

Looking him over, I realized that Robbie Feaver had turned an important corner in his life in the last few weeks; he remained good-looking, but worry and sleeplessness and depression and poor diet had worn on him in a way likely to be permanent. They had stolen some of his glory. Yet he'd maintained the show-must-go-on spirit, and had done his best to look his part.

Yes. What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

Even bloody and bruised, he had an odd sort of swagger, as if he crash-landed in giant air ships every day.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

The most privileged position, in life as in society, is that of an educated soldier. Rough warriors, at any rate, remain true to their character, and as great strength is usually the cover for good nature, we get on with them at need.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of life.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

Bakat dikembangkan dalam ketenangan, Watak dibentuk dalam kegalauan dunia.

Aunque se reconcilien, siempre de la calumnia algo queda.

If some people hadn't felt obliged to repeat what is untrue simply because they had at one point maintained it, they would have turned into quite different people.

Men leave only an impression of their

Buradaki insanlar?n nas?l bir karaktere sahip olduklar?n? merak ediyorsan söyleyeyim ki, her yerde oldu?undan farks?z. Insan cinsi de?i?mez, her yerde ayn?d?r. A?a?? yukar? hepsi ya?amak için çal???yorlar. Cal??maktan geriye kalan çok az vakitlerinde de korkuyorlar, zaman?n hemen geçmesi için her ?eyi yap?yorlar.

El talento se nutre en la soledad; el carácter se forma en las tempestuosas oleadas del mundo.

To his spirit and character you cannot refuse your admiration and love; to his fate you will not deny your tears.

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.

Das Leben eines Menschen ist sein Charakter

A good man apologizes for the mistakes of the past, but a great man corrects them.