Character Quotes

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Remember, character is not of much value. What is valuable is consciousness - not conscience but consciousness. Conscience is created by the society. The more… — Rajneesh
What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character. — Joseph Barbera
I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life. — Ryan Gosling
There is something greater than wealth, grander even than fame - manhood, character, stand for success... nothing else really does. — Orison Swett Marden
Deal honestly and objectively with yourself; intellectual honesty and personal courage are the hallmarks of great character. — Brian Tracy
Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character; it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real situations and of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create… — Andre Maurois
You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless if you make… — Ernest Hemingway
A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof. The throwing… — William Hazlitt
Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest… — Thomas Jefferson
It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the success will be… — Samuel Smiles
While I can make no claim for having introduced the term "rugged individualism," I should be proud to have invented it. It has been used… — Herbert Hoover
Have you ever asked yourself why one person is honorable and another dishonorable; why one is honest, another dishonest; why one is moral, another immoral?… — Ezra Taft Benson
A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pregnancy demonstrates the deterministic character of woman's sexuality. — Camille Paglia
On the way there is no harder pass than this: fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion. — Unknown Author
A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness. — Seneca the Younger
No one should feel pride in anything that is not his own. — Seneca the Younger
The most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy or creed. It… — Stephen Covey
English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may be as tyrannical as… — James Anthony Froude

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