“We can’t see the true characters of those who lurk in the shade until they are exposed to the light…”
“We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves. I wish for all this to be marked on by body when I am dead. I believe in such cartography - to be marked by nature, not just to label ourselves on a map like the names of rich men and women on buildings. We are communal histories, communal books. We are not owned or monogamous in our taste or experience.”
“I measure men by the content of their character, not the color of their skin, and I find all of them are assholes.”
“Don t destroy yourself by allowing negative people add gibberish and debris to your character, reputation, and aspirations. Keep all dreams alive but discreet, so that those with unhealthy tongues won t have any other option than to infest themselves with their own diseases.”
“There is a very great difference — is there not? — between the temporal and the eternal judgments, a very great difference between a man s reputation and a man s character, for reputation is what men think and say of us, while character is what God and the angels know of us.”
“Poem by Howard A. Walter (Character) I would be true, for there are those who trust me; I would be pure, for there are those who care; I would be strong, for there are those who suffer; I would be brave, for there is much to dare. I would be friend of all--- the foe, the friendless; I would be giving, and forget the gift; I would be humble, for I know my weakness; I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift.”
“Character is much easier kept than recovered.”
“Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.”
“Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.”
“Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.”
“He whines, he complains, he ducks out of the most obvious responsibility. He is vain, petty and maddening, but he doesn t ever quit.”
“I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.”
“Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.”
“Good wombs have borne bad sons. -- (Miranda, I:2)”
“To measure the man, measure his heart.”
“What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you.”
“A melancholy air can never be the right thing; what you want is a bored air. If you are melancholy, it must be because you want something, there is something in which you have not succeeded. It is shewing your inferiority. If you are bored, on the other hand, it is the person who has tried in vain to please you who is inferior.”