Own Character Quotes

73 quotes by 68 authors

The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just go… — Niccolo Machiavelli
He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character. — Friedrich Nietzsche
... what is really inspiriting and ennobling in the doctrine of freewill, is the conviction that we have real power over the formation of our… — John Stuart Mill
Acquisition of [higher] knowledge is not the end, but the means to the end; the end consists of the attainment, thanks to this knowledge of… — Rudolf Steiner
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
Your film is like your children. You might want a child with certain qualities, but you are never going to get the exact specification right.… — Werner Herzog
It's like real life: We don't get a preview of what's coming up, thank God, and we don't build our own character from what we're… — Frances Conroy
The main thing is to be yourself and not allow peopleÂ toÂ disturbÂ you to be different, because they want youÂ to be different. You… — Ayrton Senna
His own character is the arbiter of every ones fortune. — Publilius Syrus
It is [every womanâ€™s] right to ignore the dictates of fashion and dress in a manner that is becoming to her own character and personality. — Lillie Langtry
The first thing I did when I made a little bit of money as a singer was to buy myself an amber necklace. This is… — Renee Fleming
Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up — Billy Gibbons
Blue is the only color which maintains its own character in all its tones it will always stay blue; whereas yellow is blackened in its… — Raoul Dufy
Blue is the only color that maintains its own character in all its tonesâ€¦it will always stay blue. — Raoul Dufy
For every one step that you take in the pursuit of higher knowledge, take three steps in the perfection of your own character — Rudolf Steiner
To the extent that we hyper-separate ourselves from nature and reduce it conceptually in order to justify domination, we not only lose the ability to… — Val Plumwood
To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer: but he whose… — Samuel Johnson
Each instrument has something to say to you. It's got its own character. Each horn has its own character and will say to you certain… — Jerome Richardson
The great ones in life are not those who are handed silver spoons. Their excellence comes from digging into the raw ore of their own… — Guy Finley
Great power often corrupts virtue; it invariably renders vice more malignant. . . . In proportion as the powers of government increase, both its own… — John Taylor of Caroline

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