1,424 quotes found
“The true measure of a person’s character is how one handles one’s failures, not successes.”
“She was herself in their company but a very specific version of herself.”
“You can’t be a successful leader or mentor until you have served. You can’t serve until you have stepped out of your comfort zone. And you can’t step out of your comfort zone unless you have charac...”
“It took a certain kind of person to come from luxury and seek out danger.”
“This is often the way we put together our lives, adding the striking qualities of others into our own character.”
“IT’S NOT THAT ANYONE CAN BE A HERO, BUT THAT A HERO CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE. BUT THE KEY IS THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING INSIDE THEM. A SPARK. A SENSE OF MORALITY. A YEARNING.”
“In real life people do occasionally act out of character or do things we wouldn’t normally expect them to do. In fiction, there should be a good reason for a character to do something outside of th...”
“Alexia wondered what it said about her character that Ivy had genuinely believed she would intentionally go climbing about the side of a floating dirigible.”
“In recalling my childhood I like to picture myself as a beehive to which various simple obscure people brought the honey of their knowledge and thoughts on life, generously enriching my character w...”
“Maximus was my model for self-control, fixity of purpose, and cheerfulness under ill-health or other misfortunes. His character was an admirable combination of dignity and charm, and all the duties...”
“It’s not our mistakes that define us. It’s the lessons we learn that show our true character.”
“There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they find to laugh at.”
“His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerge charred doves.”
“When they know what makes you cry, they know what hurts you most. Don't give your enemies that." Solin, character in The Guardian by Sherrilyn Kenyon”
“She had always wanted to do every thing, and had made more progress in both drawing and music than many might have done with so little labour as she ever would submit to... She was not much deceive...”
“I was tired of this silly joking about my 'speaking countenance'. I could keep a secret as well as anyone. Poirot had always persisted in the humiliating belief that I am a transparent character an...”
“The road is long if one proceeds by way of precepts but short and effectual if by way of personal example.”
“If you don't demonstrate leadership character, your skills and your results will be discounted, if not dismissed.”
“Every day people judge all other people. The question is whether they judge wisely.”
“The unnamed should not be mistaken for the nonexistent.”
