Quotes About Character

Even his dearest friends would have admitted that he possessed not a single good quality.

The man who willeth to do well... we should extol his virtues and speak not of his faults behind his back.

Oppose Academicism: Reassure ourselves of the revolutionary, popular character of Marxism-Leninism, engage the masses in a revolutionary education that allows the understanding of Marxism, emphasizethe importance of praxis rather than isolated theory or practice.

Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.

He longed for a heart like the one his friend was getting, an unstoppable pump that would not falter. Danny might appear to be in trouble, but he never really is, he has this secret strength. Now, though he's lost fifty thousand dollars in a golf-course scheme and his ex-wife is suing him and he lives without furniture, these are minor details. The man is complete. Self-destructive to some extent, but whole enough to take it.

There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough"

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can.

When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool.

When you get to play a character that's in love, it's cool.

Be the person that you want to be around

My humbleness ranks among the greatest in the world."

He was probably selfish in the sack. Probably selfish and greedy and...unsophisticated. And hung like a horse.

I think I've spent so much time playing characters that are so far away from me and learning how to technically build and how to technically put something on top of you.

What you are as a single person, you will be as a married person, only to a greater degree. Any negative character trait will be intensified in a marriage relationship, because you will feel free to let your guard down -- that person has committed himself to you and you no longer have to worry about scaring him off.

It never made sense to me that someone would achieve any kind of success in show business, only to become a jerk.

I had a strict No Assholes policy, and I'd never met a cheater of either sex who wasn't some stripe of asshole underneath the He doesn't understand mes and the We drifted aparts and the She won't do that thing I need in beds

He changed his behavior, but I don't believe people can change their essential natures.

It's a thing I am, not a thing I do. I can't stop being it.

One's 'thing'--(1) A point of personal interest; a hobby, sport, or avocation that succinctly defines a person. (2) A brief coupling of words used to evoke someone's personality in a small-talk setting: Billy's thing used to be soccer; now it's masterbation. (3) A laconic summation of one's character and interests used for the purpose of categorization and judgement. See also 'What do you do?

But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action.

Unless by some miracle, he got up from the chair and changed his life. Unless some store of character revealed itself, and with a little guidance from me, he returned in six months a new man. But even then, I thought, that change, that character, would have to be in him already. I was never going to manufacture it with a few stern warnings—God knows I'd tried—and pain forgets within the hour what it learns in an instant.