Quotes about character
character thinking brain
Character isn't what we think it is or, rather, what we want it to be. It isn't a stable, easily identifiable set of closely related traits, and it only seems that way because of a glitch in the way our brains are organized. Character is more like a bundle of habits and tendencies and interests, loosely bound together and dependent, at certain times, on circumstance and context. Malcolm Gladwell
character men looks
As a splendid palace deserted by its inmates looks like a ruin, so does a man without character, all his material belongings notwithstanding. Mahatma Gandhi
character civilization tests
The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.
character vow firmness
A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.
character sorrow suffering
Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.
character letters ends
What will tell in the end will be character and not a knowledge of letters.
character men self
Men of stainless character and self purification will easily inspire confidence and automatically purify the atmosphere around them.
character people leader
People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character. John C. Maxwell
character adversity two
Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.
character ifs
The true measure of your character is what you would do if you were sure no one would ever find out.
character leader quality
There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character.
character good-character aspect
Good character improves every aspect of a person’s life.
character people choices
People of poor character tend to blame their choices on circumstances. Ethical people make good choices regardless of circumstances. If they make enough good choices, they begin to create better conditions for themselves.
character rise-above limitation
Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.
character exercise imagination
The sound and proper exercise of the imagination may be made to contribute to the cultivation of all that is virtuous and estimable in the human character. John Abercrombie
character slavery foul
Slavery is a foul contagion in the human character. John Adams
character mean divine-right
The people "have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge- I mean of the character and conduct of their rulers."
character law america
The United States of America...has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility of Muslims.
character men law
[J]udges, therefore, should be always men of learning and experience in the laws, of exemplary morals, great patience, calmness, coolness, and attention. Their minds should not be distracted with jarring interests; they should not be dependent upon any man, or body of men.
character loss discovery
Progress is the exploration of our own error. Evolution is a consolidation of what have always begun as errors. And errors are of two kinds: errors that turn out to be true and errors that turn out to be false (which are most of them). But they both have the same character of being an imaginative speculation. I say all this because I want very much to talk about the human side of discovery and progress, and it seems to me terribly important to say this in an age in which most non-scientists are feeling a kind of loss of nerve. Jacob Bronowski
character emotions
You use your emotions to try and find them in the character that you're playing. Joshua Sasse
character famous gold wander
All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. J. R. R. Tolkien
characters life literary material novels time
All novels must be autobiographical because I am the only material that I know. All of the characters are me. But at the same time, a novel is never autobiographical even if it describes the life of the author. Literary writing is a completely different medium. John Banville
character game gave great saw tons
The game was superlative and we gave a great effort. I saw tons of character with a sprinkling of frustration at the end.
character deep fiction fit godfather great places robust
The Godfather is a very deep and robust fiction. It's such a great story that we wanted to find places where the character can fit in.
character concerned conveying effect himself painter seeks simply sincerity work
The effect of sincerity is to give one's work the character of a protest. The painter being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else. Claude Monet
characters connection fans felt upsetting
The die-hard fans of this show really felt a connection to these characters and it was upsetting to them when he died, Alan Ball
character course cushion figured hard hope last par played wind year
The course at Savannah is more wide-open, but it has a lot of character to it. Last year it played so hard because of the wind on the weekend. And the 18th hole, I still haven't figured out how to make a par on that hole, so if I'm doing well, I hope I have a little cushion on that last day. Jay Haas
characters compelled engaged happens life needs resonate sort
The first thing, when I read the script, is that I need to care about what happens and feel compelled by the story and engaged by the characters. It needs to resonate with me, even if what the characters are going through is not something that I have experienced in my life. I have to feel like it has some sort of meaning to me. Michael Sheen
character choose english-actress work
The first thing that I do for a character is choose the voice. I try and think of someone that I know that's like that. And then just work around. Jane Horrocks
character check guys
The first thing is you check out the guys you have on your team. You check out the character of your team, Herman Edwards
character decided embody factor head job number people players position represent team together type university
These players embody the type of character that we want to represent our university and our program. It's the head coach's job to put the team together and there is a factor with the roster and the number of position players we decided to sign. But more than that, it is a factor that that they are the right kind of people that we want in our program.
character chris closed coach counts craziest days early entire gets great kidney kids last missed performance perseverance pneumonia quarters remarkable score shown stones testament weekend weeks year
This has been one of the craziest weeks I have ever experienced as a coach. I had kidney stones last weekend so I missed two days of practice, so the kids were on their own. Then Chris Schneider (Fort Mill, S.C.) gets pneumonia early this week, and is in closed quarters for the entire week basically. To have our third-best score of the year is a remarkable achievement. They have shown great perseverance all year and to have a performance like this when it really counts is a testament to their character and commitment.