Confucius Quotes, Character Quotes, Men Quotes

To be fond of learning is to draw close to wisdom. To practice with vigor is to draw close to benevolence. To know the sense of shame is to draw close to courage. He who knows these three things knows how to cultivate his own character. Knowing how to cultivate his own character, he knows how to govern other men. Knowing how to govern other men, he knows how to govern the world, its states, and its families.

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The fox remains always a fox, the goose remains a goose, and the tiger will retain the character of a tiger.

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Tags : Adolf Hitler Quotes , Character Quotes , Atheism Quotes

The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.

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

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You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.

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Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Character Quotes , Opportunity Quotes

If a man has a very decided character, has a strongly accentuated career, it is normally the case of course that he makes ardent friends and bitter enemies.

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Tags : Theodore Roosevelt Quotes , Character Quotes , Men Quotes

Obviously I'm grayer, a few more wrinkles. One of the things I'm proud about is that I think my basic character and outlook actually have not changed much. And people who are closest to me will tell you that the guy who came here is the same guy who's leaving.

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Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Character Quotes , Thinking Quotes

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

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Tags : Anne Frank Quotes , Lying Quotes , Character Quotes

As a creator of character his peculiarity is that he creates wherever his eyes rest ... With such a power at his command Dickens made his books blaze up, not by tightening the plot or sharpening the wit, but by throwing another handful of people upon the fire.

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Tags : Virginia Woolf Quotes , Book Quotes , Character Quotes

In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!

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Tags : Anton Chekhov Quotes , Character Quotes , Psychology Quotes

It was the first time it had ever occurred to me, that this detestable cant of false humility might have originated out of the Heep family. I had seen the harvest, but had never thought of the seed.

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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Character Quotes , Humility Quotes

It's really nice when you can sit down with somebody and just talk to them, and talk about your ideas and what you think the character is, and they respond to it. It's a really nice way to do it, but it doesn't happen very often.

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Tags : Aaron Ashmore Quotes , Nice Quotes , Character Quotes

If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face.

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Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character.

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

That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression and revelation of the whole character, is a presumption likely enough in itself, and therefore a safe one to go on; borne out as it is by the fact that people are always anxious to see anyone who has made himself famous. Photography offers the most complete satisfaction of our curiosity.

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That lies should be necessary to life is part and parcel of the terrible and questionable character of existence.

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What is important is to maintain integrity of the story, of the character, of the movie, even if it's a big production.

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Tags : Adam Driver Quotes , Integrity Quotes , Character Quotes

Up to here, in general, we have mainly stuffed the brain of the young people with a indigestible multitude of varios notions, without thinking about enough of the prime necessity to form their character.

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Tags : African Spir Quotes , Character Quotes , Thinking Quotes

Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.

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Tags : Theodore Roosevelt Quotes , Character Quotes , Important Quotes

For me, if the writing and - by extension - the subject matter and the characters are all good, it doesn't matter if it's film or TV. Each medium has great things going for it.

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Tags : Adam Croasdell Quotes , Writing Quotes , Character Quotes