People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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Quotes tagged ‘character’
You’re not a bad person because you want to be yourself.
I’m sorry you were not truly loved and that it made you cruel.
I don’t feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning.
Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.
Show respect to people who don’t even deserve it; not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours.
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends.
The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.
Anyone who has ever scanned the bookshelves of a new girlfriend or boyfriend- or peeked inside his or her medicine cabinet- understands this implicitly; you can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.
Angry people want you to see how powerful they are. Loving people want you to see how powerful you are.
If people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.
I’ve learned, your character is more important than your talent. You can have all of the talent in the world but if you don’t have strong character you’re not going to go very far.
Who are you when you’re alone? When no one is watching? What’s left then?
Don’t allow your wounds to turn you into a person you are not.
You can’t control how they treat you, but you can control if you accept it.
Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.
When we’re young, we are desperate to fit in. When we’re older, we are desperate to stand out. Just be YOU and you’ll achieve both.
Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you.
People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.