Character Quotes
801 Character quotes:
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."
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"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
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"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
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"Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you."
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"Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill."
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"When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction"
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"If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you"
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"I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back."
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"To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours."
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"God puts something good and something lovable in every man His hands create."
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"Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody"
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"More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral."
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"Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts"
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"The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves."
Character Quotes
Russian Revolutionary Quotes
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"He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise."
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"To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together . . . humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self."
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"Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover... refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our interests at someone's disadvantage. We are to turn our back upon evil, and in every way possible, do good, help people and bring blessings into their lives."
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"You know you are really famous when becoming a comic character,"
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"Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character."
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"A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world."
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