Character Quotes

A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for ever over a question of pride.

How well you treat the wicked people, they don’t give up their wickedness. They derive pleasure in hurting others. A serpent made to drink milk, it ejects poison only.

Intelligence is characterized by a natural incomprehension of life.

We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.

We are only what we are in the dark; all the rest is reputation.

I’m not possessive, I’m caring. Once you realize a person doesn’t want that much care, you automatically back off.

We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.