Character Quote by William Hazlitt Download Open image “There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character.” — William Hazlitt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Decision Firmness Manly Respect
A man with character strengths is all that a woman not only admires, but feels deep respect for. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success. — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little. — Stanisław I Leszczyński Copy Share Image
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing. — Moliere Copy Share Image
The love of esteem is the life and soul of society; it unites us to one another: I want your approbation, you stand in… — Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles Copy Share Image
The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
There's a tendency among some male writers to make the women in their stories weak and needing of rescue so that their hero looks… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem? — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them by plausible… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Want of principle is power. Truth and honesty set a limit to our efforts, which impudence and hypocrisy easily overleap. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner doing it. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Those who have had none of the cares of this life to harass and disturb them, have been obliged to have recourse to the… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image