Maya Angelou Quotes, Brother Quotes, Character Quotes

The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself. It is said that some people are born great, others achieve it, some have it thrust upon them. In truth, the ways in which your character is built have to do with all three of those. Those around you, those you choose, and those who choose you.

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The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Country Quotes , Character Quotes

When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

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Tags : Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes , Character Quotes , Men Quotes

Good-humor only teaches charms to last, Still makes new conquests and maintains the past.

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Tags : Alexander Pope Quotes , Character Quotes , Past Quotes

A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be believed.

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We wonder why we don't have faith; the answer is, faith is confidence in the character of God and if we don't know what kind of God God is, we can't have faith.

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Watch your character for your character is your destiny.

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Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Character Quotes , Destiny Quotes

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Character Quotes , Vow Quotes

A Man who is Shy and Modest, is An Amazing Character, but a Women who is Shy and Modest is Beyond Amazing.

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Tags : Abu Bakr Quotes , Islamic Quotes , Character Quotes

What a man is: that is to say, personality, in the widest sense of the word; under which are included health, strength, beauty, temperament, moral character, intelligence, and education.

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Tags : Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes , Character Quotes , Men Quotes

Never forget that a man is made great and perfect as much by his faults as by his virtues. So we must not seek to rob a nation of its character, even if it could be proved that the character was all faults.

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Tags : Swami Vivekananda Quotes , Character Quotes , Men Quotes

Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness... It is perhaps the most damnatory biography that exists in print anywhere. It makes Nero an angel of light and leading by contrast.

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Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Atheist Quotes , Character Quotes

I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.

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Tags : Aaron Stanford Quotes , Character Quotes , Interesting Quotes

I say, without characters, fame lives long.

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Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Character Quotes , Long Quotes

"Ecod, you may say what you like of my father, then, and so I give you leave," said Jonas. "I think it's liquid aggravation that circulates through his veins, and not regular blood..."

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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Father Quotes , Character Quotes

You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless if you make jokes or kid or even clown. I wouldn't kid Our Lord if he was on the cross. But I would attempt a joke with him if I ran into him chasing the money changers out of the temple.

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Tags : Ernest Hemingway Quotes , Character Quotes , Kids Quotes

A brisk, bright, blue-eyed fellow, a very neat figure and rather under the middle size, never out of the way and never in it.

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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Character Quotes , Blue Quotes

I eat, sleep, and drink my character. It is my fantasy to go to another planet.

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Tags : Ace Frehley Quotes , Character Quotes , Sleep Quotes

It has taken me nearly twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make myself dull enough to be accepted as a serious person by the British public; and I am not sure that I am not still regarded as a suspicious character in some quarters.

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Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Taken Quotes , Character Quotes

I'm an actor, and everything about me - the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world - has been in relation to characters and how I would want to play something or not play it.

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Tags : Al Pacino Quotes , Character Quotes , Play Quotes