Quotes About Character

But it isn't so much a matter of what you do as a parent; it's who you are.

Lo que realmente importa para un candidato político no es cuánto gasta, sino quién es.

Sow an action and you reap a habit, sow a habit and you reap a character, sow a character and you reap a destiny.

We both approach the world as economists, and as economists resigned to - and sometimes even reveling in - the character defect that diverts us from pure science to policy analysis. An economist who has abandoned his resistance to policy analysis is liable to fall prey to even more seductive and dangerous vice of policy formulation.

People affirm or deny these beliefs to express not what they know but who they are.

meaning is about expressing rather than satisfying the self: it is enhanced by activities that define the person and build a reputation.

We judge people not just on what they do but on what they are - not just on whether someone has given more than he has taken, but on whether he is the kind of person who would sell you down the river or knife you in the back if it were ever in his interests to do so.

We value people not just for what they do but for what they are.

Sensing the necessity to be wise and honest in order to succeed, he flees vice, or at least his demeanor exhibits decency and seriousness so as not to arouse any adverse judgment on the part of present and future acquaintances

My job as an actor, and the part of my job that I love is the transforming-and-becoming aspect of it, and so it doesn't become about me anymore.

Love is the source of every virtue in you and of every deed which deserves punishment.

If the mind loves solitude, it has thereby acquired a loftier character, and it becomes still more noble when the taste is indulged in.

Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.

Beauty comes from the inside.

I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character.

From start to finish, this movie is obviously about God. He is the main character. How is is possible that we live as though it is about us?

God will never love you any less or more than he does right now because his love is based on who he IS,not what you've done.

About all you can do in life is be who you are.

A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting; the burden of the years cannot depress it, and love that is founded on it endures to the end.

I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.

If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire.

Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.

The love of the Bible will show itself in a believer's actions.

If the thing loved is base, the lover becomes base.