Quotes About Character

The foundation of England's greatness is that Englishmen hate to look fools.

What a card! He's a rare 'un, no mistake.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

How would I behave in a situation that caused me to summon the essence of my character? The tragedy inspired me to test myself. I wanted to reveal to myself who I was: the kind of person who died, or the kind of person who overcame circumstances to help himself and others

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

Otsusta minu üle mu tegude järgi, ehkki neid on vähe, mitte mu sõnade järgi, kuigi neid on palju.

Judge me by my deeds, though they are few, rather than my words, though they are many.

Alexander Wainwright was a tall, handsome man in the late forties. He was, Stormgren knew, completely honest, and therefore doubly dangerous.

Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable. - The Adventure of the Dying Detective

The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it.

I am not a very good man, Effie, but I think that I am a better one than you have given me credit for being.

The most serious point in the case is the disposition of the child. What on earth has that to do with it? I ejaculated. My dear Watson, you as a medical man are continually gaining insight as to the tendencies of a child by the study of the parents. Don't you see that the converse is equally valid. I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

She was as good as she was beautiful and as intelligent as she was good.

Yes, there are in me the makings of a very fine loafer, and also of a pretty spry sort of fellow. I often think of those lines of old Goethe : 'Schade, daß die Natur nur einen Menschen aus dir schuf; Denn zum würdigen Mann war und zum Schelmen der Stoff.'

My line of thoughts about dogs is analogous. A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones. And their passing moods may reflect the passing moods of others.

Men of character always differentiate their long letters, however illegibly they may write. - Sherlock Holmes

When one tries to rise above Nature one is liable to fall below it. The highest type of man may revert to the animal if he leaves the straight road of destiny.

He foresaw that she would be very much more useful to him in the character of a free woman.

His knowledge was greater than his wisdom, and his powers were far superior to his character.

Schade dass die Natur nur einen Mensch aus Dir schuf, Denn zum wuerdigen Mann war und zum Schelmen der Stoff.

This great and sombre stage is set for something more worthy than that," said he. "It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.

The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning, I assure you that the most winning woman i ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellant man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.

Save for the occasional use of cocaine he had no vices

Zambo, who is a black Hercules, as willing as any horse, and about as intelligent.