Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Character Quotes

Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the boundless egotism which pays no regard to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself.

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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

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Mary J. Blige is the Queen Latifah character. Her voice in this movie [Rock of ages] is, she just gives it this incredible warmth, and she's just this person who blows out of the screen. She's just incredible.

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You cannot have a good character today and at the same time have a small mind and a little heart. You cannot have a good character today and be merely a petty reformer.

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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Real Quotes , Character Quotes

The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell, together, as quickly as possible.

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What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

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The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

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A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.

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Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Passion Quotes , Character Quotes

I will now claim - until dispossesed - that I was the first person in the world to apply the typewriter to literature. ... The early machine was full of caprices, full of defects- devilish ones. It had as many immoralities as the machine of today has virtues. After a year or two I found that it was degrading my character, so I thought I would give it to Howells. ... He took it home to Boston, and my morals began to improve, but his have never recovered.

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A man's fortunes are the fruit of his character. A man's friends are his magnetisms.

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

The expression of a man's face is commonly a help to his thoughts, or glossary on his speech; but the countenance of Newman Noggs, in his ordinary moods, was a problem which no stretch of ingenuity could solve.

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Human character evermore publishes itself. The most fugitive deed and word, the intimated purpose, express character.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Character Quotes , Deeds And Words Quotes

In times to come people will not judge us by the creed we profess or the label we wear or the slogans we shout, but, by our work, industry, sacrifice, honesty and purity of character.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Honesty Quotes , Character Quotes

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

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Any excuse, no matter how valid, only weakens the character.

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My film (Black Venus) had been very emotionally draining and difficult because I had identified so much with the lead character, Saartjie Baartman.

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It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.

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

There is no telling what a human character is. Until the test comes. To most of us the test comes early in life. A man is confronted quite soon with the necessity to stand on his own feet, to face dangers and difficulties and to take his own line of dealing with them. It may be the straight way, it may be the crooked way --- whichever it is, a man usually learns early just what he is made of.

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My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire.

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