Character Quotes
Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention, and irreclaimable weakness of character.James Bridie
The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.Henry David Thoreau
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they find laughable.Anon.
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.Henry Clay
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.Tyron Edwards
The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.Anon.
In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.Francis Thompson
The influence of individual character extends from generation to generation.Macleod
Talents are best nurtured in solitude; but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.Johan Wolfgang von Goethe
When writing a novel a writer should create living people people not characters. A character is a caricature.Ernest Hemingway
Character develops itself in the stream of life.Johann von Goethe
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.Seneca, Epistles
To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.W. Somerset Maugham
Character is what God and the angels know of us; reputation is what men and women think of us.Horace Mann
I used to be a lawyer, but now I am a reformed character.Woodrow Wilson
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.James Albert Michene
Our view... is that it is an essential characteristic of experimentation that it is carried out with limited resources, and an essential part of the subject of experimental design to ascertain how these should be best applied; or, in particular, to which causes of disturbance care should be given, and which ought to be deliberately ignored.Sir Ronald A. Fishe
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.Author Unknown
What makes a good follower The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness to tell the truth. In a world of growing complexity leaders are increasingly dependent on their subordinates for good information, whether the leaders want to hear it or not. Followers who tell the truth and leaders who listen to it are an unbeatable combination.Warren Bennis
Thoughts lead on to purposes purposes go forth in action actions form habits habits decide character and character fixes our destiny.Tryon Edwards
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.Plutarch
Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.David Seabury
Character is power.Booker T. Washington
You cannot dream yourself into a character you must hammer and forge yourself one.James A. Froude
Every man has three characters: that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.Alphonse Ka
A man of character in peace is a man of courage in war.Sir James Glove
Johnson himself turned out to be so many different characters he could have populated all of War and Peace and still had a few people left over.Herbert Mitgang
About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.Michael Caine, www. aint - It - Cool - News. com
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward.Henry Ford
Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.Philip Dormer Chesterfield
Character is what can do without success.Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one but the success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest better lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune...Samuel Smiles
In dreams we see ourselves naked and acting our real characters, even more clearly than we see others awake.Henry David Thoreau
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.John Wooden
It violates right order whenever capital so employees the working or wage - Earning classes as to divert business and economic activity entirely to its own arbitrary will and advantage without, the social character of economic life, social justice, and the common good.Pope Pius XI
