Character Flaws Quotes

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  Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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• The artist must reckon with his own character flaws, which do not disappear just because he has been called to be an artist.

  Eric Maisel

  Character, Artist, Flaws

  Eric Maisel (1996). “Affirmations for Artists”, Tarcher

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• While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage.

  Timothy Keller

  Character, People, May

  Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.90, Penguin

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• I love it when ugliness is beautiful. I love character flaws.

  Marcia Gay Harden

  Beautiful, Character, Flaws

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• I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.

  Jerry Falwell

  Believe, Character, Dishonesty

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• To recognize yourself in a character onscreen, and to connect with them, you gotta recognize their flaws; they gotta feel like a real person.

  Ryan Coogler

  Real, Character, Flaws

  "Sundance 2013: Director Ryan Coogler Talks FRUITVALE, His Connection to the Story, Why It’s Important, Participating in the Sundance Lab & More". Interview With Samantha Cheirif, collider.com. January 24, 2013.

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• We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects, and the simple defects of others as character flaws.

  Mardy Grothe

  Character, Simple, Flaws

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• All of us have areas of weakness. God wants these character flaws to show us how totally dependent we are upon Him. When we handle them properly, they drive us into a deeper, more intimate relationship with the Lord. But uncontrolled weakness wreaks havoc in a person's life.

  Charles Stanley

  Christian, Character, Intimate Relationships

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• I hate alcoholics and AA (alcoholics anonymous). If you can't drink responsibly, don't drink at all. Don't go to meetings, whine about your character flaws and blame the fact that you are a sociopath on booze.

  Roseanne Barr

  Hate, Character, Facts

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• I think anyone loves to play a character that is either evil to a certain extent or has a real definable character flaw. Those are always really fun, and, I think, funny.

  Steve Carell

  Fun, Real, Character

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• Call it a character flaw -- when under attack, I counter attack. Always.

  Richard Marcinko

  Character, Counter Attack, Flaws

  Richard Marcinko (2005). “Vengeance”, p.359, Simon and Schuster

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• Humanity can be divided into madmen and cowards. My personal tragedy is in being born into a world where sanity is held to be a character flaw.

  Mark Lawrence

  Character, Humanity, Tragedy

  Mark Lawrence (2014). “Prince of Fools”, p.200, Penguin

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• THE POWER OF THE GROUP We all want to feel a sense of belonging. This isn’t a character flaw. It’s fundamental to the human experience. Our finest achievements are possible when people come together to work for a common cause. School spirit, the rightful pride we feel in our community, our heritage, our religion, and our families, all come from the value we place on belonging to a group.

  Rosalind Wiseman

  School, Character, Pride

  Rosalind Wiseman (2013). “Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World”, p.37, Harmony

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• By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.

  Harvey Mackay

  Character, Leader, Arrogance

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• Hitler's success was not based on his extraordinary gifts alone. His genius was an intuitive sense of the mushiness, the character flaws, the weakness masquerading as morality that was in the hearts of the statesmen who stood in his path.

  Pat Buchanan

  Heart, Character, Scary

  "The Bigotry Of Pat Buchanan". www.mediamatters.org. July 29, 2011.

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• Growing up in rural Utah had a lot of benefits, but in an environment that prized conformity, fit wasn't one of them. I ended up in my senior year with a 0.9 GPA, which I think you actually have to work pretty hard to get. In the exact same month they kicked me out of school, my girlfriend - still my wife today - told me she was pregnant. So, it was an interesting start to life: working 10 or 12 minimum-wage jobs; getting bored really quickly and quitting; having my in-laws - rightly - in full panic mode and thinking I had some kind of character flaw.

  L. Todd Rose

  Senior, Girlfriend, Jobs

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• My worst character flaw that I'm conscious of is that I tend to think my way into circles instead of resolving anything. It's paralyzing and boring for people around me.

  David Foster Wallace

  Character, Thinking, Circles

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• Liberal child welfare experts decided that child abuse was not evidence of a moral or character flaw in the abusing parent. Instead, like poverty, crime, and homelessness, child abuse came to be viewed as evidence of a societal failure.

  Mona Charen

  Children, Character, Parent

  Mona Charen (2006). “Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us”, Sentinel

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• . . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character flaw to those of us from cold climates that we feel superior to those who have the sense to live elsewhere.

  Richard Paul Evans

  War, Character, Winter

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• The gospel shows us that our spiritual problem lies not only in failing to obey God, but also in relying on our obedience to make us fully acceptable to God, ourselves and others. Every kind of character flaw comes from this natural impulse to be our own saviour through our own performance and achievement. On the one hand, proud and disdainful personalities come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are succeeding. But on the other hand, discouraged and self loathing personalities also come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are failing.

  Timothy Keller

  Spiritual, Lying, Character

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• When I was growing up, we learned our history almost as lives of the saints. And it came as a shock, "Oh, Jefferson had slaves?" It always comes as a shock to us that elevation to the White House didn't somehow cleanse them of all their deep character flaws.

  Harry Shearer

  Growing Up, Character, White

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• An alcoholic 47-year-old woman with teenagers who thinks a guy in his mid-20s is a good prospect as a partner definitely has some judgment and character flaws.

  Emily Yoffe

  Teenager, Character, Thinking

  "Short Haul". "Dear Prudence" with Emily Yoffe, www.slate.com. August 17, 2015.

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• I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better than average at clever remarks, and I also have a flair for getting people to like me. But to be perfectly fair to myself, I am ever-ready to confess my shortcomings, too, and a quick round of soul-searching forced me to admit that I had never been any good at all at breathing water. As I hung there from the seat belt, dazed and watching the water pour in and swirl around my head, this began to seem like a very large character flaw.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Clever, Smart, Character

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• Addiction might be redefined not as a character flaw but as a "biochemical deficit management." Our emotional habits will become an accepted factor of good health, along with slogans like "Heartache can be harmful to your unborn children."

  Marni Jackson

  Children, Pain, Character

  Marni Jackson (2012). “Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign”, p.348, A&C Black

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• I’m not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favor of vanilla wafers. It’s a fundamental character flaw, possibly a sign of true evil.

  Jonathan Maberry

  Character, Men, True Evil

  Jonathan Maberry (2015). “The Joe Ledger Series, Books 1-3: Patient Zero, The Dragon Factory, The King of Plagues”, p.18, St. Martin's Griffin

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