Quotes About Character

The colossal might of wickedness, he thought: how we love to locate it massively elsewhere. But so much of it comes down to what each one of us does between breakfast and bedtime.

Being born with a talent or an inclination for goodness is the aberration.

But what is character? How solid? We cut our hair, we shave our beards, we lose a limb. We remain ourselves. In dreams, however, we swap identities licentiously. We sabotage the structures of our character without a thought.

She was a sour-sass soul with a rubbery face.

It's more convenient to have a hero waiting in the wings than to endure a blowhard standing in the spotlight.

Some people are born without much yeast in their dough.

A notion of character, not so much discredited as simply forgotten, once held that people only came into themselves partway through their lives.

Is it the sheer nature of the beast within, the human animal inside the Human Being?

She claims they give her moral virtue too, but then she has buckets more of that than she needs.

Oh, mercy, there is nothing monstrously ugly about you. Ruth may be unpleasing, but you are merely plain. If anything, it's my beauty that's monstrous, for it sweeps away any other aspect of my character.

One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her—is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil?

But what is character? How solid? We cut our hair, we shave our beards, we lose a limb. We remain ourselves. In dreams, however, we swap identities licentiously. We sabotage the structures of our character without a thought. None

A NOTION OF CHARACTER, not so much discredited as simply forgotten, once held that people only came into themselves partway through their lives. They woke up, were they lucky enough to have consciousness, in the act of doing something they already knew how to do:

You lie, cheat and steal and call it courtesy, cunning and thrift.

But those are legends and lore; they are faith and fictions. Not everyone is a character in a story.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

The conduct of our lives is the true reflection of our thoughts. —MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

My happiness project was both. I wanted to perfect my character, but given my nature, that would probably involve charts, deliverables, to-do lists, new vocabulary terms, and compulsive note taking.

The conduct of our lives is the true reflection of our thoughts. —Michel de Montaigne, "Of the Education of Children

Our habits are our destiny.

and our own values." Is it

My idea of "this is the kind of person I am" is so bound up in my habits and actions that it's hard for me to see. But eventually, I realized that my sense of identity makes it easier or harder to change a habit.

If I want my life to be a certain way, I must be that way myself.

We can build our habits only on the foundation of our own nature.