Quotes: character
Quotes 31 till 45 of 329.
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A man's height gives him a different outlook on his environment and so changes his character.
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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
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A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
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Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances... in short, by the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of Wife, they may be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy.
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Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.
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And very often the influence exerted on a person's character by the amount of his income is hardly less, if it is less, than that exerted by the way in which it is earned.
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Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.
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As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?
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Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.
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John Wooden
American basketball player and head coach
1910-2010
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
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Lord Chesterfield
English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope)
1694-1773
Be your character what it will, it will be known; and nobody will take it upon your word.
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Walter Lippmann
American writer, reporter, and political commentator
1889-1974
Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.
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By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.
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