Quotes About Character

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

Je höher ein Mensch,« sagte Goethe, »desto mehr steht er unter dem Einfluß der Dämonen, und er muß nur immer aufpassen, daß sein leitender Wille nicht auf Abwege gerate.« "The higher a man is," said Goethe, "the more he is under the influence of demons, and he must take heed lest his guiding will counsel him to a wrong path".

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

How can a man come to know himself? Never by thinking, but by doing. Try to do your duty and you will know at once what you are worth.

Der Undank ist immer eine Art Schwäche. Ich habe nie gesehen, dass tüchtige Menschen undankbar gewesen wären.

Personalmente preferisco sopportare nel mio ambiente errori e infrazioni fino a quando posso imporre la virtù contraria, piuttosto che liberarmi dell'errore senza vederlo sostituito da nulla di corretto. L'essere umano ama fare il bene, l'utile, se solo riesce ad arrivarci; lo fa per fare qualcosa e non riflette in merito più di quanto non faccia su quegli sciocchi scherzi che compie per ozio e noia.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

In what manner does the countenace of the sky at the moment of a man's birth determine his character? It acts on the person during his life in the manner of the loops which a peasant ties at random around the pumpkins in his field: they do not cause the pumpkin to grow, but they determine its shape. The same applies to the sky: it does not endow man with his habits, history, happiness, children, riches, or a wife, but it moulds his condition....

There is no leveler like Christianity, but it levels by lifting all who receive it to the lofty table-land of a true character and of undying hope both for this world and the next.

The most virtuous hearts have a touch of hell's own fire in them.

The most valuable thing in the world is a good person.

Those occupying leadership roles who completely lack integrity are what we call 'Blind shepherds'. They are not really 'bad' leaders, because they are not leaders at all: they are misleaders.

Integrity is the noblest possession. -Latin Proverb.

integrity means both personal wholeness and adherence to values outside yourself - especially goodness and truth

Developing self-confidence is always the preliminary to becoming a leader. but don't let it become overconfidence, the first station on the track leading to arrogance

There is a useful distinction between good leaders and leaders of good

they will have the right to expect from you the highest standards of character, professional competence and integrity.

Virtue is not always amiable.

My fixed principle never to be the tool of any man, nor the partisan of any nation, would forever exclude me from the smiles and favors or courts.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Now to what higher object, to what greater character, can any mortal aspire than to be possessed of all this knowledge, well digested and ready at command, to assist the feeble and friendless, to discountenance the haughty and lawless, to procure redress of wrongs, the advancement of right, to assert and maintain liberty and virtue, to discourage and abolish tyranny and vice?

Friends without character and the spirit of friendship demonstrate friendliness without friendship and friendship without the ability to be friends; they often manipulate others to achieve their own goals and dreams.

Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we have understood that our source is eternal, America has been different. We have no king but Jesus.

I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not necessarily the mechanics of the robot, but it was his personality and how funny and charming he was.