Quotes About Character

Appearances: People tend to focus on the outer appearances but it's the inner self that really matters. What you see on the outside doesn't always match what's on the inside. You might be something very special on the inside but people are so fixated and judgmental about what they see on the outside that they don't give you a fair chance and that's an injustice, a tragedy.

Being just may not always be easy but it's always required.

Roles: Roles have the power to influence in both positive and negative ways so it is vital to always be just in everything you do.

The more integrity you have the more humanity will offend you, the less integrity you have the less offensive humanity will be to you.

The truth about insults: If somebody unjustly insults you it means nothing, except that maybe they're assholes, or maybe even they're incompetent, but if somebody justly insults you, then it means something.

A man should never be measured by his money, his power, or his fame; but rather how he uses that money, power, or fame, to change the world.

I played it right because that's what you're supposed to do - play it right and with respect.

There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character in a book with those of the author. That term is idiot.

Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.

It is good to know; it is better to do; it is best to be. To be pure and strong, to be honest and earnest, to be kindly and thoughtful, and in all to be true,...

Yet we may constantly do more in what we are than in what we do. We may serve better in the lives we live than in the best service we ever give. The

Thrift is not an affair of the pocket, but an affair of character.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Heed not the flatterer?s fulsome talk, He from thee hopes some trifle to obtain; Thou wilt, shouldst thou his wishes baulk, Ten hundred times as much of censure gain.

No one hath come into the world for a continuance save him who leaveth behind him a good name.*

When a base fellow cannot vie with another in merit he will attack him with malicious slander.

Hiçbiri insan? insan yapan ?eyin ?ahsiyet oldu?unu, bütün ilimlerin, bütün tecrübelerin yaln?z bunu temine yarad???n? anlamam??t?r.

Güzelli?e hücum edenler içlerinde ve d??lar?nda güzelli?in en ufak bir eserini bile ta??mayanlar ve güzel bir ?ey yapmaya asla muktedir olmayanlard?r.

Fakat hadiseler gösterdi ki, fena olmay???m tesadüf eseriymi?, f?rsat dü?memi?, zaruret olmam??. Nitekim hayat?n ilk çelmesinde yuvarlan?verdim. ?yilik demek kimseye kötülü?ü dokunmamak de?il, kötülük yapacak cevheri içinde ta??mamak demektir.

Vigilance helps grow a person character

A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)

Once we've got you properly done up," her aunt said, "and he hears of your newfound wealth, he's sure to look your way again." "I don't want him looking my way again. He was a pompous twit back then, and he's a pompous twit now." "Respectable, God-fearing men sometimes are, dear.

It's nice to be important, but it's also important to be nice. Never forget that.

I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug.