Character Quotes - Page 5

Success comes from developing a strong inner character

Faith in God is optional, but faith in the self – in the spirit within, is imperative. Have faith in yourself. Have faith in the human first, then God if you want.

That mess about judging people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin—that's some bullshit. Nobody has the right to judge anybody else. Period. If you ain't been in my skin, you ain't never gonna understand my character.

Our sacred character develops; we connect to source of life, the Creator.

The most essential requirement for leaders is neither age nor gender. It is neither certificates nor positions. It is the character that reveals trust and exemplary life.

How he could be a good user of LSD," I asked, "And know about the spiritual dimension - all that sort of thing - and still be a crook? I don't understand.""Then it's time you did. Psychedelic drugs don't change you - they don't change you character - unless you want to be changed. They enable change; they can't impose it...

Your words and actions must match to build your character. Any gap in those will put a dent in your credibility. Be a man of your words.

Your behavior inside your home is the real indicator of your character. Not in the workplace, not in school. Sure, it's nice to look good when you leave your home, and make a bella figure. But in terms of your identity, the most important thing is who you are with your parents, with your children, with your cousins. Th most important thing is how you behave with he people who really matter.

It's not what you do but that kind of job you do that makes the difference.

Beware of those who are too focused with polishing and beautifying their outer shells. They lack true substance to understand that genuine beauty is reflected from the heart that resides inside.

Your NAME and your REPUTATION is ALL that you have, so GUARD them. They are worth more than money or gold.

A man’s character is most evident by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or reciprocate.

Integrity is the sentry for the conscious soul.

Charisma without character is postponed calamity.

Magic comes from the heart, from your feelings, your deepest expressions of desire. That's why black magic is so easy—it comes from lust, from fear and anger, from things that are easy to feed and make grow. The sort I do is harder. It comes from something deeper than that, a truer and purer source—harder to tap, harder to keep, but ultimately more elegant, more powerful. My magic. That was at the heart of me. It was a manifestation of what I believed, what I lived. It came from my desire to see to it that someone stood between the darkness and the people it would devour. It came from my love of a good steak, from the way I would sometimes cry at a good movie or a moving symphony. From my life. From the hope that I could make things better for someone else, if not always for me. Somewhere, in all of that, I touched on something that wasn't tapped out, in spite of how horrible the past days had been, something that hadn't gone cold and numb inside of me. I grasped it, held it in my hand like a firefly, and willed its energy out, into the circle I had created with the spinning amulet on the end of its chain.

It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late.

A society that has no wrongs will soon have no rights.

True masters deconstruct as well as reconstruct.

Men of few words are the best men."(3.2.41)

The human race is a scummy thing, and so is Earth, and so are you.

Be strong. There is hope in any situation.

There is a stage you reach, Deagle thinks, a time somewhere in early middle age, when your past ceases to be about yourself. Your connection to your former life is like a dream or delirium, and that person who you once were is merely a fond acquaintance, or a beloved character from a storybook. This is how memory becomes nostalgia. They are two very different things - the same way that a person is different from a photograph of a person.

Love is not merely an attribute of God’s character but the essence of his being

The content in heavenly order will manifest only when reflected

The fate of the country... does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning.

The ultimate success of a life depends on character and not on achievement.

If we don't fight for what we 'stand for' with our passionate words and honest actions, do we really 'stand' for anything?

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.

I have a deep-down belief that there are folks in the world who are good through and through, and others who came in mean and will go out mean. It's like coffee. Once it's roasted, it all looks brown. Until you pour hot water on it and see what comes out. Folks get into hot water, you see what comes out.

Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment.

The way you handle your problems shows your character.

Let's be private... I am different character and DeYtH is different as character.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seeded refusal of that which others have made of us.

As for the majority, it is not so much race as it is political affiliation that really divides it today. What was once an issue of physical difference is now one of intellectual difference. Men have yet to master disagreeing without flashing all their frustrations that come with it; the conservative will throw half-truths while the liberal will throw insults. Combine these and what do you get? A dishonest mockery of a country.

Oh, mercy, there is nothing monstrously ugly about you. Ruth may be unpleasing, but you are merely plain. If anything, it's my beauty that's monstrous, for it sweeps away any other aspect of my character.

Better spend time working hard to maintain your good habits because you may look for time to recover it but to no avail!

If you sweep a woman off of her feet, make sure your character is strong enough to keep her in the air.

A person's true identity can often be difficult to discern, even to themselves, causing one to question their character, their calling, their very existence. For most, time gives clarity, but for others, these questions remained unanswered for an identity can not be fully defined when it is a guarded secret.

Ballot papers don’t determine who leads; they determine who takes which position. As to whether that person occupying the position will lead or will manipulate, character must come to prove it.

I study men like I study books: I skim their midsections.

I would sooner lose my best friend than my worst enemy. To have friends, you know, one need only be good-natured; but when a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him.

If only we were all better educated. If then, higher education would at last be a journey for skill and knowledge rather than for power and status.

Vision and purpose fix our character.

Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.

Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.

In Victorian times the purpose of life was to develop a personality once and for all and then stand on it.

...if you're an actor, and you've thought your way into the part, then you're character portrayal will have authority...

You will know who truly loves you when you ask them to do an uncoventional favor.

I don't care what people say about how I look or even their opinion on my relationship. But the moment you judge my character is when we have a problem.

Don't apologize for expressing passion.Don't back down when it comes to your integrity.Don't let anyone undermine your standards for the sake of ease.Be a character of excellence, NOT excuses.

Even water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.

Character is what can do without success

While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage.

It is the character of the road you travel gives you wisdom not the length of the road!

For Aristotle, it's not enough simply to act in accordance with the reason once in a while. We must cultivate habits of virtue that develop into a firmly established moral character over a lifetime.

Home is our greatest place of trials.

If your nationality is lost, nothing is lost – if your religion is lost, nothing is lost – if your ethnicity is lost, nothing is lost – but if your character is lost, then you are more lost than Donald Trump.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.