Quotes About Character

Cars do not reflect the character of a person. A car is tangible, while a soul is spiritual. How can one represent the other? If cars represent our character, then we should all be driving convertibles. Because people change depending on if things are good or bad, and so are as fickle as the weather. A car can never fulfill someone the way a solid friendship, memorable experience or a good lamb roast can.

People might deserve a derogatory epithet, but it showed the mudslinger in just as bad a light.

Sometimes you have to steer away from the crowd in order to be a better person. It's not always easy, that's for sure. But it's right. And sometimes doing the right thing feels good, even if it does end up in a trip to the principal's office.

Just so you know, I'm goin' to enlist." "I'm proud of you. But why?" I groan against the pain but manage to give him a half smile. "I want to make sure Kiara's got a boyfriend who has more to offer than a hot bod and a face that could make angels weep.

It's not Brittney's face, not her smile, not even her eyes. All of that surface stuff made the world see her as beautiful, but it was the deeper stuff that made her different.

I want to make sure Kiara's got a boyfriend who has more to offer than a hot bod and a face that could make angels weep.

You've got a big ego, Fuentes." "That's not all I've got.

A veces hay que alejarse de la multitud para ser una mejor persona. No siempre es fácil, eso es seguro. Pero es correcto. Y a veces hacer lo correcto se siente muy bien.

Sam raises an eyebrow. "You know this guy?" "Listen," I say, taking one look at White Guy and am glad he's wearing a blue button-down instead of his coral shirt. It's still geek city, but at least I can keep a straight face when I say, "This guy's been in jail more times than me. He might look like a complete pendejo , but underneath that fucked-up hair and lame shirt he's a complete badass.

A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.

True faith takes its character and quality from its object. Its strength therefore depends on the character of Christ. Even those of us who have weak faith have the same strong Christ as others!

Hypocrisy wears hard on a man who at heart isn't that way.

Remember humility on your way up

Next to the humble man, we find wisdom.

Stay away from people with chameleon tendencies, your heart is not safe from them.

Valued or not, just stay real.

The unique character of political activity lies, quite literally, in its publicity.

Men are not made from easy victories, but based on great defeats

It's ill-luck to serve a bad man,

Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.

In every human being one or the other of these two instincts is predominant: the active or positive instinct to offer hospitality, the negative or passive instinct to accept it. And either of these instincts is so significant of character that one might as well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.

Being another character is more interesting than being yourself.

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances, but by the character of their lives and conversations. ?Tis better that a man?s own works than another man?s words should praise him.