Quotes About Character

Levade had told her one day that there was no such thing as a coherent personality. When you are forty you have no cell in your body that you had at eighteen. It was the same, he said, with your character. Memory is the only thing that binds you to earlier selves; for the rest, you become an entirely different being every decade or so, sloughing off the old persona, renewing and moving on. You are not who you were, he told her, nor who you will be.

I feel good when I leave the darkness of the cinema, it makes me feel my life is important. For a few minutes, I stroll along the dark streets, thinking of myself as someone in a film- a man with a character, a destiny. I become aware of my clothes and my physical mass; of my quiddity, my value.

The one who walks with the wise will become wise, but a companion of fools will suffer harm.

The best way to be missed when you're gone, Is to stand for something when you're here

The people who skip the hard questions are in the majority, but they are not in demand.

I think most people have it upside down. Being charismatic doesn't make you a leader. Being a leader makes you charismatic. There

Generous and authentic leadership will always defeat the selfish efforts of someone doing it just because she can.

You are not your résumé. You are your work.

Generous and authentic leadership will always defeat the selfish efforts of someone doing it just because she can. How

A graceful person gets things done, but does it in a way you'd be happy to have repeated.

Not all men are handsome and strong. There are some who are cowards from birth. There are some who are weak by nature. There are even some who cry easily. But for such a man, a man both weak and cowardly, to bear the burden of his weakness and struggle valiantly to live a beautiful life-- that's what I call great. The reason I'm so fond of Gaston is not because he has a strong will or a good head. Rather it's because, weakling and coward that he is, he keeps on fighting in his own way.

God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another.

Ako nekoga mrzi mnogo ljudi, to mora da je dobar ?ovek.

You can get the measure of a man by observing the way he treats his animals

I would not have the world be cruel to you," she emphasized. "I would not have Vincent Astor be cruel to you. But if—when—those things happen, I would not have you be cruel in return. Kinder hearts are stronger, I think.

Your name makes a statement about you. It describes not only who you are but who you might be.

Suffering builds character." He said that if you are always lolling around and being pampered and life is too easy, then you turn into a spineless wimp, but if you encounter suffering, you learn to face challenges and you get stronger. It sounds like something a grandparent might say, doesn't it?

Oh, John is clever enough. But what do brains avail a man if he does lack for backbone?

Henry did not lack for physical courage; his was a moral cowardice.

Now our poor Gib never had a sense of humor to lose...

A man worthy of Eleanor of Aquitaine ought not to be susceptible to fluttering lashes, flattery, and bedazzled adoration.

If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime. —William Arnot

What's right isn't always popular, and whats popular isn't always right.

A key barometer to help us weigh the rightness of our actions is self-respect.