Quotes About Character

Modesty in woman is a virtue most deserving, since we do all we can to cure her of it.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Unbounded courage and compassion join'd / Tempering each other in the victor's mind / Alternately proclaim him good and great / And make the hero and the man complete.

'Tis pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul: I think the Romans call it Stoicism.

There is no character more frequently given to a writer than that of being a genius. I have heard many a little sonneteer called a fine genius. There is not a heroic scribbler in the nation that has not his admirers who think him a great genius; and as for your smatterers in tragedy, there is scarce a man among them who is not cried up by one or other for a prodigious genius.

One of the best springs of generous and worthy actions, is having generous and worthy thoughts of ourselves: whoever has a mean opinion of the dignity of his nature will act in no higher a rank than he has allotted himself in his own estimation.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.

Sir Roger was proceeding in the character of him

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

Our life evokes our character and you find out more about yourself as you go on.

What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become.

She strode like a grenadier, was strong and upright like an obelisk, had a beautiful face, a candid brow, pure eyes, and not a thought of her own in her head.

Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.

I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.

None of us are either all good or all bad – we're all somewhere in between – but there comes a moment in each life when we take an important step, either toward the light or toward the dark…

It's like . . . if you surround yourself with good people, it makes you a better person. Brings out the best in you. Surround yourself with bad people, it brings out your worst.

afraid of Slander Sheet. A lie this outrageous, you take it seriously.

One of our housekeepers called him Eddie Haskell. We'd never seen that old TV show Leave It to Beaver, but years later when I saw a couple of reruns on late-night TV, I realized that our housekeeper really hadn't liked Roger. Eddie Haskell was an unctuous, conniving brown-noser. He was the two-faced character who'd politely compliment Mrs. Cleaver on her lovely dress while instigating some evil prank that would inevitably get her son, the Beaver, in trouble.

Man is and remains an animal.Here a beast of prey, there a housepet, but always an animal.

I would like to do a musical, if I could find a cool one. A song-and-dance role is closer to me personally than other characters I play.

People with limp handshakes are takers.