Character Quotes - Page 22

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

What's real and what's not? People we meet in books--Holden Caulfield, Captain Ahab, Huckleberry Finn, Harry Potter, Bilbo and Gandalf and Frodo-- can become more memorable, and more important to us than people with birth certificates and drivers' licenses. Characters spawned in an author's imagination find a home inside us. They make our lives richer. They become our best friends. They never disappoint. And they never die.

In all tests of character, when two viewpoints are pitted against one another, in the final analysis the thing that will strike you the most, is not who was right or wrong, strong or weak, wise or foolish.... but who would go to the greatest lengths in considering the other's perspective.

Character is not made by crisis. It is only exhibited.

Weird: of strange or extraordinary character

The reality is that old houses that were built a hundred years ago were built by actual craftsmen, people who were the best in the world at what they did. The little nuances in the woodwork, the framing of the doors, the built-in nooks, the windows—all had been done by smart, talented people, and I quickly found that uncovering those details and all of that character made the house more inviting and more attractive and more alive.

The clock struck eleven with the respectful unobtrusiveness of one whose mission in life is to be ignored.

A leader’s skills take him to people, but his character brings people to him.

When you die you say "Game Over" and that's all the game is over. You as an actor you die with this character stuff, but a new character is build.

If she had not been imprudence incarnate, she would not have acted as she did when she met Henchard by accident a day or two later.

We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our own lights and culture and where principles of Islamic social justice could find free play.

Character is plot, plot is character.

Truth recognizes truth, just as a man with real talent is the first to recognize another with real talent. Likewise, superficiality attracts others with an artificial surface. Only the superficial applaud the superficial. A man of true substance rejects the superficial because he seeks only truth and depth. Based on this reasoning, you can easily measure the weight of any man's character just by observing who he admires.

You could know a man not by what his friends said about him, but by how he treated his servants.

The measure of a man consists less in his present perfection than in his willingness to be perfected. A man will be remembered most, not for his accomplishments, but for his character.

Confidence is a pencil best sharpened with paper.

Dickens enjoyed human beings as he found them, unregenerate, peculiar and incorrigibly themselves.

172. Understanding who you are within creates invisible changes in a man’s character

One of the most liberating things a person can do is to admit that he or she is human and is flawed.

Her [Mrs Croft's] manners were open, easy, and decided, like one who had no distrust of herself, and no doubts of what to do; without any approach to coarseness, however, or any want of good humour. Anne gave her credit, indeed, for feelings of great consideration towards herself, in all that related to Kellynch; and it pleased her.

Character is that which can do without success.

The character of Jesus can only be ultimately known experientially through the indwelling of His Spirit in union with us."~"The character of Jesus can only be ultimately known experientially through the indwelling of His Spirit in union with us."~R. Alan Woods [2013]

In our postmodern culture which is TV dominated, image sensitive, and morally vacuous, personality is everything and character is increasingly irrelevant.

God does not expect of us what we cannot do, but He does expect what we can do.

Success needs vision to see, passion to transcend, patience to withstand and the character to overcome failures.

Leadership is built on true character! You lose your leadership when you fake your character. The degree of leadership potential a person can expose will depend on how potent he can maintain his true character!

Don’t lose yourself in the fog of normality.

We should be authentic: the ‘real deal’. Neither a clone nor mimic be.

Self-respect is the very cement of character, without which character will not form nor stand; a personal ideal is the only possible foundation for self-respect, without which self-respect degenerates into vanity or conceit, or is lost entirely, its place being taken by worthlessness and the consciousness of worthlessness; and that is the end of all character. It is often said that if we do not respect ourselves no one else will respect us; this is rather a dangerous way to put it; let us rather say that if we are not worthy of our own respect we cannot claim the respect of others. True self-respect is a matter of being and never of mere seeming. As Paulsen says, "It is vanity that desires first of all to be seen and admired, and then, if possible, really to be something; whereas proper self esteem desires first of all to be something, and' then, if possible, to have its worth recognized.

A man who is good from docility, and not from stern self-control, has no character.

Life is like a painting you reflect the image based on your feeling, emotion, character, attitude and how you made it.

Your looks will introduce you, but your character and personality will make them to like you,love you and they would want to keep you.

I was tired of this silly joking about my 'speaking countenance'. I could keep a secret as well as anyone. Poirot had always persisted in the humiliating belief that I am a transparent character and that anyone can read what is passing in my mind.

Call up the ever-pure, the effulgent and the ever-radiant character of true humanism in yourself and in others, and no racism shall have the power to thrive in such society even for a few seconds.

It is a kind of geisha containment, a shutteredness, a withdrawal and negation. It's as if she is capable of sensing when people are on the point of knowing who she is and she sends them a subliminal denial.

THE TRUE CHARACTER OF A PERSON IN SEEN WHEN HE/SHE IS ALONE...

People which deserv support are people likeVsauce (A guy who I don't know how to describe... but as overall awesome character.)Rob Dyke (How he won't deserv one support or many?)... what he is doing is blowing mind it's about Anatomy of Murder and Serial KIllers files... that's crazy. And the best of all you can find a lot of information about many prisoners.

Character is mental and moral qualities distinctive to every individual, but it is constant in those who have courage to make a commitment and live with it.

Inner strength of character cannot be measured by any means but performance in the time of need.

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

He is a dull observer whose experience has not taught him the reality and force of magic, as well as of chemistry.

Life is swimming to shore with cowboy boots on.

When people support you when you have done something wrong. It doesnt mean you are right, but it means those people are promoting their hate , bad behavior or living their bad lives through you.

Lots of people use good character and moral standing as a brand name. They know it's what people like, they want people to like them, so they wear it as one would wear a quality brand shirt. Putting it on in the morning and taking it off at the end of the day. Saying all the things they know people want to hear. If they were the very last person on Earth, there would be no reason for them to be of good character, because nobody would see it.

There is lonely, and there is alone time. I have found that both have etched character upon my soul.

What you do is so loud, I can't hear what you say."Anonymous

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

When they came to shoe the horses the beetle stretched out his leg.

That which does not come by logic, does not leave by logic.

To test a man's character, give him power. Once people have power they will always reveal themselves.

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

Top 15 Things Money Can’t BuyTime. Happiness. Inner Peace. Integrity. Love. Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals. Trust. Patience. Class. Common sense. Dignity.

I'm going home." - Celeste"To never return?" - Uway"Yes, show me the way to never return." - CelesteALL LIGHT WILL FALL

There's never any telling what you'll say or do next, except that it's bound to be something astonishing. By God, sir, you are a character.

Love is not possession, it is acceptance of everything without intention. Fear is not possession, it is acceptance of everything without mention. The act of loving your fear, to nurture this insecurity for a greater purpose, is to accept the reality of ones expression.

End of Construction. Thank you 'for your patience. " Inscription on Ruth Bell Graham's grave -- inspired hy a road sign she saw.

Mother's build character.. If one is honest or cheat.. The traits are beveled by care or ignorance of a mother.. So this mother's day let mothers take responsibility.. to eradicate dishonesty from our society..At the same time we reflect nature of our parents.. So let's not show negative traits as they reflect their upbringing...Now say... Happy Mothers Day

If you want to know a person’s true character, observe how he treats those who don’t matter.

The boundaries of this world are forever shifting – from day to night, joy to sorrow, love to hate, and from life itself to death; and who can say at what moment we may suddenly cross over the border, from one state of existence to another, like heat applied to some flammable substance? I have been given my own ever-changing margins, across which I move, continually and hungrily, like a migrating animal. Now civilized, now untamed; now responsive to decency and human concern, now viciously attuned to the darkest of desires.

Never permit circumstances to change your plans, but give so much character to your plans that they will change circumstances. Give so much character to the current of your work that all things will be drawn into that current, and that which at first was but a tiny rivulet, will thus be swelled into a mighty, majestic stream.