Character Of A Person Quotes

• Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Growing Up, Women

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Nov 29, 2014

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  You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

  Harper Lee

  Powerful, Positivity, Sunshine

  Harold Bloom, Harper Lee (2010). “Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.81, Infobase Publishing

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• The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Life, Friendship, Family

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

  Frank Jackson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

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• The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

  Harper Lee

  Honesty, Powerful, Integrity

  To Kill a Mockingbird ch. 11 (1960)

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• The true measure of a man is how he behaves when death is close.

  Alma Katsu

  Men, Helping Others, Personal Qualities

  Alma Katsu (2011). “The Taker: Book One of the Taker Trilogy”, p.246, Simon and Schuster

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• Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

  Frank Jackson

  Motivational, Determination, Smart

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Determination, Smart

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  The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

  Samuel Johnson

  Inspirational, Success, Respect

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• It is quite impossible to understand the character of a person from one action, however striking that action may be.

  Arthur Helps

  Character, May, Action

  Sir Arthur Helps (1883). “Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd”

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• Politics is the only field in which the character of a person does not stand in the way of his career.

  Peter Prange

  Character, Careers, Doe

  Peter Prange (2012). “The Philosopher's Kiss: A Novel”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• Character - We describe the character of a person in reference to moral judgments about the worthiness of a person. Thus, to have a strong, great or honorable character is to be a person of merit, worthy of admiration and honor.

  Michael Josephson

  Strong, Character, Honor

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• The characters in the four-lettered word FACT consist of seventy-five percent ACT, so it is always sensible to see the character of a person solely by his ACT or deeds than his words.

  Anuj

  Character, Four, Deeds

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• I'm a fan of the fan. I'm a fan of the active devotee who lives his life believing in something, who represents to me the character of a person that is very confident and sure of himself. Those are people I admire.

  Zoe Saldana

  Believe, Character, People

  "'Star Trek Beyond' stars on 'uncomfortable conversations,' Sulu's sexual orientation and the future". Interview with Marc Bernardin, www.latimes.com. July 21, 2016.

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• True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulates. The inner character of a person-the undergirding moral and spiritual values and commitments-is the true measure of lasting greatness.

  Billy Graham

  Spiritual, Character, Commitment

  Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.45, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• My way in for photographing people is really their work. I'm always interested in what people make, and then I photograph the person. Sometimes the person is a disappointment. But that's the risk. It informs me a lot about the character of a person if I know their work first.

  Anton Corbijn

  Disappointment, Character, People

  "Anton Corbijn’s Spy Games". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 23, 2014.

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• I don't think my work is so much about opening up wounds. I think it's about understanding the nature of the wound. I'm not bleeding on the canvas. I, like most people, have suffered traumatic events. The character of a person's life is determined by the way they deal with those events. I am a creative person and I deal with it creatively.

  Eric Fischl

  Character, Thinking, Opening Up

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