Character Quotes

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I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say… — Henry David Thoreau
The Srimad-Bhagavatam states that any bona fide preacher of God consciousness must have the qualities of titiksa (tolerance) and karuna (compassion). In the character of… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen.… — Barack Obama
A team that has character doesn't need stimulation. — Tom Landry
Being stubborn is a virtue when you're right; it's only a character flaw when you're wrong. — Chuck Noll
We often wonder: "How will I be when I die?" The answer to that is that whatever state of mind we are in now, whatever… — Sogyal Rinpoche
The game of cricket existed long before I was born. It will be played centuries after my demise. During my career I was privileged to… — Donald Bradman
There was all this loneliness in my cartoons and people would say, "Gee, these characters are so lonely, disconnected, depressed." And I'd say, 'Yeah well,… — Michael Leunig
I wanted to start a website for teenaged girls that was not kind of this one-dimensional strong character empowerment thing, because one thing that can… — Tavi Gevinson
This curious faith is predicated on the notion that we will soon develop unlimited new sources of energy: domestic oil fields, shale oil, gasified coal,… — Wendell Berry
Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character. — O J Simpson
The most Indian thing about the Indian is surely not his moccasins or his calumet, his wampum or his stone hatched, but traits of character… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I like - it's not that I want to be someone different from me, but I suppose it partly is that. I love creating a… — Gene Wilder
A river is the most human and companionable of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its own; and it… — Henry Van Dyke
We all wake up in the morning wanting to live our lives the way we know we should. But we usually don't, in small ways.… — Christopher Nolan
In violent streets and broken homes, the cry of anguished souls is not for more laws but for more conscience and character. — Cal Thomas
How can we expect young people to be rooted in things such as character, morality and honesty? How is one supposed to be at once… — David Brooks
When man learns to respect even the smallest being of creation...nobody has to teach him to love his fellow man. Compassion for animals is intimately… — Albert Schweitzer
I must say...that more unmanly, brutal treatment of a little pony it was never my painful lot to witness; and by giving way to such… — Anna Sewell
Integrity is not a character trait that one possesses more or less of but a sophisticated state of processing experience in the world one enters… — David A. Kolb

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