Character Quotes And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

“We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.”
– Socrates

“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”
– Sophocles

“There is an emotional promiscuity we’ve noticed among many good young men and women. The young man understands something of the journey of the heart. He wants to talk, to “share the journey.” The woman is grateful to be pursued, she opens up. They share the intimacies of their lives – their wounds, their walks with God. But he never commits. He enjoys her… then leaves. And she wonders, What did I do wrong? She failed to see his passivity. He really did not ever commit or offer assurances that he would. Like Willoughby to Marianne in Sense and Sensibility.
– Stasi Eldredge

“One can acquire everything in solitude except character.”
– Stendhal

“Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.”
– Stephen Covey

“A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.”
– T. S. Eliot

“All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords.”
– T. S. Eliot

“Daja doesn’t exactly need to be tested on whether she’s honorable or not.”
– Tamora Pierce

“Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

“Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

“Character is much easier kept than recovered.”
– Thomas Paine

“Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.”
– Thomas Paine

“Character is much easier kept than recovered.”
– Thomas Paine

“Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.”
– Thomas Paine

“The average personality reshapes frequently, every few years even our bodies undergo a complete overhaul – desirable or not, it is a natural thing that we should change. All right, here were two people who never would change. That is what Mildred Grossman had in common with Holly Golightly. They would never change because they’d been given their character too soon; which, like sudden riches, leads to a lack of proportion: the one had splurged herself into a top-heavy realist, the other a lopsided romantic.”
– Truman Capote

“Human beings have neither kindness, nor faith, nor charity beyond what serves to increase the pleasure of the moment.”
– Virginia Woolf

“When you choose your friends, don’t be short-changed by choosing personality over character.”
– W. Somerset Maugham

“Towns are like people. Old ones often have character, the new ones are interchangeable.”
– Wallace Stegner

“What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you.”
– Wayne W. Dyer

“Your reputation is in the hands of others. That’s what the reputation is. You can’t control that. The only thing you can control is your character.”
– Wayne W. Dyer

“One’s character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can’t swim back.”
– Wendelin Van Draanen

“But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance.”
– William Julius Wilson

“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.”
– Zig Ziglar

“The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.”
– Zig Ziglar

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