Quotes About Character

To understand who people really are, start a fire. When everything is going fine, you see only the safest parts of people's character. It's only when something is burning that you find out who people really are. Of course, it's wrong to set a fire on purpose, but if you have a small fire already burning, let it burn and see who, if anyone, complains, runs away, or comes to help.

I'm kind of like the goofy number-seven guy in a lot of movies.

For each individual among the many has a share of excellence and practical wisdom, and when they meet together, just as they become in a manner one man, who has many feet, and hands, and senses, so too with regard to their character and thought. Hence the many are better judges than a single man of music and poetry, for some understand one part, and some another, and among them they understand the whole. (Aristotle, Politics, book 3, chapter 11)

God] disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness.

Prayer doesn't change GOD. He is unchanging and unchangeable. But it does change us, making us more like Him, and thus more able to accept His will, whatever it may be. Prayer makes us radiate goodness.

My name's Jean Tannen, and I'm the ambush.

You're a difficult woman, Sabetha. But then, difficult women are the only ones worth falling in love with.

I more proudly take a speck from a man with empty pockets," said Sabetha, "than riches from a man whose purse stays heavy.

I remember my mom saying to me that what your friends do is one thing, but what you do could be on the front page of the paper.

A good book appeals to what is best in us....

A bad wound may heal, but a bad name will kill.

Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.

Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult. (Prov. 12:16 NIV)

Salvation is not just about going to heaven when we die. It's about becoming like you, Jesus—being transformed into your likeness.

And it's only through the power, grace, and glory of your name that I'm learning to be so very careful what I call, label, and name others.

I don't believe he was ever dhrunk in his life - sure he's not like a Christian at all!

You lose more of yourself than you redeemDoing the decent thing.

Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere.

Until a man has passed this test of office And proved himself in the exercise of power, He can't be truly known--for what he is, I mean, In his heart and mind and capabilities. Worst is the man who has all the good advise And then because his nerve fails, fails to act In accordance with it, as a leader should.

Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere.

Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what's said and what's done.

A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.

It's time to restore honor and dignity to the White House.

Open Secret boasts a nifty plot and, in Coroner Fortin, a fascinating protagonist who will likely be around for a long time. Deryn Collier is a talent to watch.