True Character Quotes

64 quotes by 58 authors

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk. — Charlie Chaplin
Our true character comes out in the way we pray. — Oswald Chambers
The only way of really finding out a man's true character is to play golf with him. In no other walk of life does the… — P.G. Wodehouse
In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other preliminaries to settle with the… — Thomas Paine
It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter. — John Wooden
In the first two years this is a man [Clinton] who tried his best to balance the budget, to reform health care, to fight for… — Bryant Gumbel
It's not our mistakes that define us. It's the lessons we learn that show our true character. — Cassia Leo
And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be someone the audience… — Anna Friel
Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government. — James K. Polk
The stresses of high-altitude climbing reveal your true character; they unmask who you really are. You no longer have all the social graces to hide… — David Breashears
The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true… — Anne Frank
Incredibly deep research combines with the talents of a fine historian and writer to produce superb narrative history. The true character and relationship of these… — Robert M. Utley
I painted two pictures of myself lately, one of which has rather the true character ... I always think photographs abominable, and I don't like… — Vincent Van Gogh
We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a democratic society. — Amy Goodman
True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside… — Corliss Lamont
It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to… — Franz Grillparzer
The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children. — Nelson Mandela
Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me to become his… — Alexander Hamilton
We need to be more grateful. I think there is no true character without gratitude. It is one of the marks of a real strong… — Ezra Taft Benson
No short-cut that tries to bypass the patient unfolding of the true character of God, and our relationship to him as his children, can ever… — Sinclair B. Ferguson

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