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Character Quotes Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest sometimes wisely.
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted.
It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.
This is a Senate of equals, of men of individual honor and personal character, and of absolute independence. We know no masters, we acknowledge no dictators. This is a hall for mutual consultation and discussion; not an arena for the exhibition of champions.
If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?
We all lose our looks eventually. Better develop your character and interest in life.
(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes are the conditioned reflex and the myth.
Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and on our character we build our destiny.
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.
True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.
Words become low by the occasions to which they are applied, or the general character of them who use them; and the disgust which they produce arises from the revival of those images with which they are commonly united.
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.
It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.î
Commitment in the face of conflict produces character.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.
Many parents are finding out that a pat on the back helps develop character - if given often enough, early enough, and low enough
Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war; for sure I am, if this country is preserved in tranquillity twenty years longer, it may bid defiance, in a just cause, to any power
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