Quotes About Character

No more roundabout discussion of what makes a good man. Be one!

that their happiness doth consist in a disposition to, and in the practice of righteousness;

But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.

El mejor procedimiento para vengarse de los malos es procurar no asemejarse a ellos.

It's quite possible to be a good man without anyone realizing it. Remember that.

Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the gold, or the emerald, or the purple, were always saying this. Whatever any one does or says, I must be emerald and keep my color.

Haga o diga alguien lo que quiera, obligado estoy a ser bueno. Como

Betimes in the morning say to thyself, This day I shalt have to do with an idle curious man, with an unthankful man, a railer, a crafty, false, or an envious man; an unsociable uncharitable man. All these ill qualities have happened unto them, through ignorance of that which is truly good and truly bad.

neither was there any man that ever thought himself undervalued by him, or that could find in his heart, to think himself a better man than he.

That I had the kind of brother I did. One whose character challenged me to improve my own. One whose love and affection enriched my life. That my children weren't born stupid or physically deformed. That I wasn't

We should listen only to those whose lives conform to nature. And the others? He bears in mind what sort of people they are—both at home and abroad, by night as well as day—and who they spend their time with. And he cares nothing for their praise—men who can't even meet their own standards.

This day I shalt have to do with an idle curious man, with an unthankful man, a railer, a crafty, false, or an envious man; an unsociable uncharitable man. All these ill qualities have happened unto them, through ignorance of that which is truly good and truly bad. But I

It would be wrong for anything to stand between you and attaining goodness—as a rational being and a citizen. Anything at all: the applause of the crowd, high office, wealth, or self-indulgence. All of them might seem to be compatible with it—for a while. But suddenly they control us and sweep us away.

Within ten days thou wilt seem a god to those to whom thou art now a beast and an ape, if thou wilt return to thy principles and the worship of reason.

and in long illness; and to see clearly in a living example that the same man can be both most resolute and yielding, and not peevish in giving his instruction; and to have had before my eyes a man

Like a horse after running a race, or a bee after making honey, a good person doesn't stop and look around for applause or rewards. They go on to produce another good deed, as a vine produces more grapes in season.

Affect not to set out your thoughts with curious neat language. Be neither a great talker, nor a great undertaker; be one who for his word or actions needs neither an oath, nor any man to be a witness.

Fight to be the person philosophy tried to make you. Revere the

That I had the kind of brother I did. One whose character challenged me to improve my own. One whose love and affection enriched my life.

18. Nothing happens to anyone that he can't endure. The same thing happens to other people, and they weather it unharmed—out of sheer obliviousness or because they want to display "character." Is wisdom really so much weaker than ignorance and vanity?

It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. Otherwise it cannot harm you - inside or out

Mihin tahansa kyllästyisinkin, niin aina pysyn onnellisena, sillä onnellinen on se, joka pystyy luomaan itselleen onnellisen kohtalon. Onnellinen kohtalo taas on hyvä mieliala, hyvät taipumukset, hyvät teot.

Don't give up if you fail to follow your principles — don't give up, but simply pick yourself up and return to them. Remember that these principles are in line with your true self, and what you fell to was not.

Acostumbrarme a la idea de que es necesario corregir el carácter y vigilar las inclinaciones