Quotes About Character

A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Trees are not known by their leaves, nor even by their blossoms, but by their fruits.

The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.

Words are leaves, the substance consists of deeds, which are the true fruits of a good tree.

Trees die from the top". No one should ever become a strategist unless he or she is willing to have his or her character serve as a model for subordinates

Like father, like son: every good tree maketh good fruits.

Character is the tree, reputation is the shadow.

As the twig is bent the tree is inclined.

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.

People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.

Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character.

God judges a tree by its fruits and not by its roots.

The tree is known by his fruit.

A tree may always be known by its fruit, and a true Christian may always be discovered by their habits, tastes & affections.

I am struck by the fact that the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think that the same is true of human beings.

It is not a question so much of a 'tree like a figure' or a 'root like a figure' - it is a question of bringing out the anonymous personality of these things.

I heard somebody say that you can't judge a tree by the bark it wears but by the fruit it bears.

Bible says the tree is known by his fruit. We can also say that the great man is known by his undreamed dreams!