Character Quotes
The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.Douglas Adams, "Mostly Harmless".
The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary.Franklin P. Adams
Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.Charles Reade
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.Confucius
What made the deepest impression upon you? inquired a friend one day of Lincoln, when you stood in the presence of the Falls of Niagara, the greatest of natural wonders? - - - - The thing that stuck me most forcibly when I saw the Falls, Lincoln responded with the characteristic deliberation, was where in the world did all that water come from?Author Unknown
Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.Johann von Goethe
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor to change the character of our thought.Lin Yutang
The degradation which characterizes the state into which you plunge him by punishing him pleases, amuses, and delights him. Deep down he enjoys having gone so far as to deserve being treated in such a way.Marquis de Sade
The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And 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 Buddha
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
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.Helen Kelle
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.Paxton Hood
We falsely attribute to men a determined character - Putting together all their yesterdays - And averaging them - we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support - It is worse than a large family - He is the silent poor indeed.Henry David Thoreau
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.George Washington
To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics
The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.....Douglas Noel Adams
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.Plutarch
You cannot dream yourself into a character you must hammer and forge yourself one.James A. Froude
Watch your thoughts they become words. Watch your words they become actions. Watch your actions they become habits. Watch your habits they become character. Watch your character it becomes your destiny.Patrick Overton
We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.Ricthe
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.Theodore Roosevelt
You can judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing to them or for them.Malcolm Forbes
Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.Gary Zukav, "The Dancing Wu Li Masters".
The influence of individual character extends from generation to generation.Macleod
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
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.James Albert Michene
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
Through his mastery of storytelling techniques, he has managed to separate his character, in the public mind, from his actions as president. ... He has, in short, mesmerized us with that steady gaze.Jean Nathan Mille
The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.Henry David Thoreau
Character is much easier kept than recovered.Thomas Paine
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
It seems to me that perfection of means and confusion of goals seems to characterize our age.Ralph Waldo Emerson
The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people.Claiborne Pell
Movements born in hatred very quickly take on the characteristics of the thing they oppose.J. S. Habgood
There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness, and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.Johann Kaspar Lavate
The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.Henry David Thoreau
