Aristotle Quotes, Character Quotes, Men Quotes

Emotions of any kind are produced by melody and rhythm; therefore by music a man becomes accustomed to feeling the right emotions; music has thus the power to form character, and the various kinds of music based on various modes may be distinguished by their effects on character.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Character Quotes , Men Quotes

The palmist looks at the wrinkles made by closing the hand and says they signify character. The philosopher reads character by what the hand most loves to close upon.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Character Quotes , Wrinkles Quotes

In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil.

5 years ago

Message Copied

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

Do not forget that small daily actions do or undo character.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Character Quotes , Action Quotes

A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Character Quotes , Men Quotes

Being that rare sort of old girl that she receives Good to her arms without a hint that it might be Better and catches light from any little spot of darkness near her.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Girl Quotes , Character Quotes

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Alexander Pope Quotes , Honesty Quotes , Character Quotes

For a documentary it's so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Adam McKay Quotes , Character Quotes , People Quotes

Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human life.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Abraham Kuyper Quotes , Character Quotes , Church Quotes

The legislator should direct his attention above all to the education of youth; for the neglect of education does harm to the constitution. The citizen should be molded to suit the form of government under which he lives. For each government has a peculiar character which originally formed and which continues to preserve it. The character of democracy creates democracy, and the character of oligarchy creates oligarchy.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Character Quotes , Government Quotes

As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second the symbol for "opportunity."

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Al Gore Quotes , Character Quotes , Opportunity Quotes

Every generation, no matter how paltry its character, thinks itself much wiser than the one immediately preceding it, let alone those that are more remote.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes , Character Quotes , Thinking Quotes

Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds of figures performing complex dramas, with tragic and comic issues, long conversations, many characters, many ups and downs of fate.

5 years ago

Message Copied

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

Reason must approach nature with the view, indeed, of receiving information from it, not, however, in the character of a pupil, who listens to all that his master chooses to tell him, but in that of a judge, who compels the witnesses to reply to those questions which he himself thinks fit to propose. To this single idea must the revolution be ascribed, by which, after groping in the dark for so many centuries, natural science was at length conducted into the path of certain progress.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Immanuel Kant Quotes , Nature Quotes , Character Quotes

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Life Quotes , Character Quotes

Societies in which we are able to unify ourselves around values and ideals and character and how we treat each other and cooperation and innovation, ultimately are gonna be more successful than societies that don't.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Character Quotes , Successful Quotes

Human beings have neither kindness, nor faith, nor charity beyond what serves to increase the pleasure of the moment.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Virginia Woolf Quotes , Kindness Quotes , Character Quotes

A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no luster as you turn it in your hand, until you come to a particular angle; then it shows deep and beautiful colors.

5 years ago

Message Copied

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

I'm drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends. (...)

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Alan Lee Quotes , Character Quotes , Legends Quotes

To be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false,--this is the mark and character of intelligence.

5 years ago

Message Copied

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