Character Quotes - Page 19

You as a soul you are alive, you as an actor - dead, as a character - dead... That's life, like it or not, it's not my problem!

Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

Character primarily is honesty with God, ones-self, and others."~R. Alan Woods [2013]

Death, according to one's belief, means either annihilation or release from the limitations of the senses, but it involves no change of character. You don't suddenly alter just because the body's gone.

Finally, I applied to one of my roommates, more sagacious than the rest, for advice. Dave, I said. I’m broke and without prospects. I’ve blown my GI Bill on flying lessons. I can’t hide out here in college much longer. What should I do?Well, he said, at this crucial juncture you need to coldly appraise yourself. “I’ve only known you these few short years, but it strikes me you wouldn’t be good for anything important; I’d have to say you’re lazy, self-absorbed, glib and facetious, always ready to mock the suggestions of others, but never offering anything positive of your own. Intellectually shallow, no tap root anywhere, spiritually neutered, without feeling or compassion, unsteady of focus, lacking the fortitude for the long pull, with no fixed belief in anything.”I shook his hand and thanked him. The acuity of his analysis made my path clear. My only hope lay in daily journalism.

You can like an immoral character because she’s interesting, not because you want to have her over for dinner.

Every penny that has always been earned with integrity by a person to lead life with a real simplicity has only perhaps helped to serve Almighty & protect and preserve humanity in the society.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

You wanna respect???- I don't see you to show it... if you show it I will respect you as a character.

The witness of solid moral character to a righteous way of life must never be underestimated.

A Rich Person Is One Who Does Not Want Any More Money

Virtue is what happens when someone has made a thousand small choices requiring effort and concentration to do something which is good and right, but which doesn't come naturally. And then, on the thousand and first time, when it really matters, they find that they do what's required automatically. Virtue is what happens when wise and courageous choices become second nature.

Good character keeps good brand safely. Bad character destroys hard earned brands.

A well-developed and versed character will write the story for you.

Oozing charm from every pore He oiled his way around the floor.

I detest these underdone men, he thought coldly. Boiled looking! Ought to be shoved back in the oven; just one more minute would do it.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Indecision is like a stepchild: if he doesn't wash his hands he is called dirty if he does he is wasting the water.

His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerge charred doves.

And as for the vague something --- was it a sinister or a sorrowful, a designing or a desponding expression? --- that opened upon a careful observer, now and then, in his eye, and closed again before one could fathom the strange depth partially disclosed; that something which used to make me fear and shrink, as if I had been wandering amongst volcanic-looking hills, and had suddenly felt the ground quiver, and seen it gape: that something, I, at intervals, beheld still; and with throbbing heart, but not with palsied nerves. Instead of wishing to shun, I longed only to dare --- to divine it; and I thought Miss Ingram happy, because one day she might look into the abyss at her leisure, explore its secrets and analyse their nature.

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.

It isn't that I dislike artists, but I can't stand anyone who puts on those ponderous airs of a man of character.

Whom one is speaking to - or which aspect of their character - fundamentally determines the meaning and consequences of an exhortation. 'Indulge Your Desires' comes across very differently on a billboard advertising SUVs than it does spray-painted across the broken windows of an SUV dealer. It follows that what you say is not nearly as important as how and when you say it.

A man will will never know a woman until he knows her work.

He was moderately truthful towards men, but to women lied like a Cretan-a system of ethics above all others calculated to win popularity at the first flush of admission into lively society.

One thing I've learned in life is that I can speak for myself, that I can fight my own battles. I don't like anyone telling me how I'm supposed to feel or think or what I'm supposed to say.

The Character built out of restrictions and boundaries can be deceiving. Be aware!!

The best way to overcome your weaknesses is to turn them into strengths.

Knowledge cannot be maintained without character.

Stephen King is not a guy who keeps secrets the same goes and for Jeffery Deaver. But Jeffery Deaver creates characters and plays with them, Stephen King knows with who is playing, Jeffery Deaver just goes as how will happen, I think that and he doesn't know where the story lines will go.

Just think how happy you'd be if you lost everything you have right now & then got it back.

Character is not purchased with a dance in the street. It's expensive and hard to come by. Though it is the heir of disappointment, betrayal and frustration, it is not the inheritance that matters but what you do with it. No one ever developed their character by arranging their experiences in such a way that only ‘good’ things are allowed to happen.

It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply." God actually rises up storms of conflict in relationships at times in order to accomplish that deeper work in our character. We cannot love our enemies in our own strength. This is graduate-level grace. Are you willing to enter this school? Are you willing to take the test? If you pass, you can expect to be elevated to a new level in the Kingdom. For He brings us through these tests as preparation for greater use in the Kingdom. You must pass the test first.

Most of the world’s problems are caused by people who made education compulsory, but personal development optional. Because of them, we have many intelligent people who lack good characters.

In these times, a great leader must be extremely brave. Their leadership must be steered only by their conscience, not a bribe.

You can never go wrong by doing what’s right.

Excitement about things became a habit, a part of my personality, and the expectation that I should enjoy new experiences often engendered the enjoyment itself.

Yeah, episodic doesn't work. Your coolest character needs something big and meaningful to do. Otherwise, well, it's just narrative shit.

The ladder of leadership can only stand firm on the grounds of integrity. Any other ground makes it unstable till it falls.

No man engaged in a work he does not like can preserve many saving illusionsabout himself. The distaste, the absence of glamour, extend from the occupation to the personality. It is only when ourappointed activities seem by a lucky accident to obey the particular earnestness of our temperament that we can taste the comfort of complete self-deception.

Some women don't care what you can do for them. They care about what you could make of them in the inside.

You don't have to drink this," I said, handing him the champagne. "But Sandy might like it"."No,no. Come on, let's have some," he grinned, popping the cork, taking a swig from the bottle and passing it back. He [HST] rarely failed to show his appreciation of someone appreciating him, which is an admirable trait.

A lot of people who read my novel 'Smog City' ask me why I never killed off either of the two main characters. To be honest, it's because I've given them life. Not literally of course, but since I spent so much time developing and creating my characters, they've ended up with complex personalities, in fact they're almost sentient in a way, and to write them off as dead would be like killing a close friend to me.

If we lose our significance (character) we fall in ruin. The exploiters take over and sell freedom from fear, from guilt, from want. They excuse all corrupt actions. Collective status degenerates the human spirit.

The character to follow thru on commitments made to others is built by following thru on commitments made to self.

One uncontrolled character flaw can ruin your greatest accomplishment.

Be thankful to those painful moments of your life, because that has what shaped you to become who you are now.

What you express in your character is what your lifestyle crowns

The crisis of community has its source in the corruption of character.

...[T]he really important thing is not to live, but to live well... [a]nd to live well means the same thing as to live honourably or rightly...

Hey, GreenHollyWood the mistake was mine that I added you as a friend... I thought that you are my friend... but your irony doesn't end.

I’m a bit-part actor in my own life

Change is constant, but no amount of change will turn the attitude of vulture to that of eagle.

The real dawah to Islam is the character of a Muslim.

We are what we are because of what we've been

Knowing God is not enough; you must make Him known to others. Through your living character, you tell more about the living God!

You've evolved when you realize the effect that your positive contributions to others create ripples of humanity in the sea of life.

Individualism is rather like innocence there must be something unconscious about it.

I've always regarded it as a test of character to dislike the Kennedys. I don't really respect anyone who falls for Camelot.