Browsing Topic Best Character Quotes

No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations and skills involved in assisting and caring for other human beings.

Sometimes it’s the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.

Commitment in the face of conflict produces character.

I know unless I’m true to myself I couldn’t be happy. Too much emphasis is placed today on externals and too little on character.

A man of bad character punishes his own soul.

Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on

The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride.

I’ve had people who see all my characters as Native, even if they aren’t. It’s kind of like assuming all a writer’s characters are really female because the writer is a woman. I’ve learned to let that go.

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.

Do not make Mistakes about Character. That is the worst and yet easiest error. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods. In dealing with men, more than with other things, it is necessary to look within. To know men is different from knowing things. It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can’t develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.

I give everything to my work, and I like complex roles, characters that aren’t obvious. I’ve been very lucky so far, and I’m dreaming of working with directors like Jane Campion, Susanne Bier and the Dardennes. But the gods will decide.

The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.

The character of the Open Conspiracy [the movement towards a world collective] will now be plainly displayed. It will have become a great world movement as widespread and evident as socialism or communism. It will largely have taken the place of these movements. It will be more, it will be a world religion.

People don’t have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love. Then, when you’re dead, when they’ve killed you by what they made you go through, they say you didn’t have any character. They weep big, bitter tears – not for you. For themselves, because they’ve lost their toy.

Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.

Nothing teaches character better than generosity.

Tell the truth. Do your best no matter how trivial the task. Choose the difficult right over the easy wrong. Look out for the group before you look out for yourself. Don’t whine or make excuses. Judge others by their actions and not by their race or other characteristics.

I couldn’t stand for a flag that represented tyranny and oppression. Not just from a domestic perspective but from a global one. It’s supposed to represent equality and justice for all, and I believe the flag is a symbol that’s supposed to represent the character of the people. When that character is not in line with what I believe in, then I’m opposed to that symbol. I couldn’t see myself standing and still can’t.

A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

To remain absolutely free is what a true and authentic life is. So never gather any character – remain characterless.

Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.

The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces as the behavior it prevents-the talks, the games, the family activities and the arguments through which much of the child’s learning takes place and his character is formed.

You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing. You will be no better than the most ignorant.

Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, fearless in both action and expression. Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.

Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.

I always just get excited about the character. When something rings true for me, then I’m ready to do it.

It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.