Character Quote by Cressida Cowell

The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles -…

— Garth Stein

“A person's character isn't determined by how he or she enjoys victory, but rather how he or she endures defeat”

— Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey

Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles--preferably of…

— Garth Stein

“A villain will never claim victory. Victory only comes when all enemies have either perished or submit to you and they claim you victor.…

— M.K. Gibson

He who gives back at the first repulse and without striking the second blow, despairs of success has never been, is not, and never…

— Frederic Tudor

“Heroes aren’t always the ones who win. They’re the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don’t give…

— Cassandra Clare

“A hero isn’t defined by winning. Loads of heroes die in the effort. Most of them never get any recognition. No, a hero is…

— G. Norman Lippert

True character is known in defeat, not victory.

— Brandon Camacho

The victories of character are instant, and victories for all.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Winners of some competition are not heroes, heroes are not found in the competition, heroes win much more severe battles than competition to become…

— Amit Kalantri

For every hero, there has to be a fall guy, and the greater the triumph on one hand, the greater the humiliation on the…

— Quintin Jardine