As dye soaks fibres, drawn into them to change their colour forever, so does a memory, stinging or sweet, change the fibre of a man’s character.

A strong work ethic is a form of accountability, because it involves keeping a promise to one's employer. It is not the same thing as workaholism.

People adjust their behavior to fit the society they live in. They integrate because they have to. But what they are on the inside doesn't change.

As Plato: What is play and delightful one kind of child is coercion and torture for another, and will not take no matter how much coercion is applied.

You can speak with spiritual eloquence, pray in public, and maintain a holy appearance... but it is your behavior that will reveal your true character.

Still, I never heard him say that he hated or wanted to hurt or kill someone for all the horrific things that had been happening to him and his family.

When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.

After all, hadn't she been the one to pursue him? And Madame Dupuy had done it with a vigor that most women would have been too ashamed to display.

He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared to overcome his character to achieve it.

There's never any telling what you'll say or do next, except that it's bound to be something astonishing. By God, sir, you are a character.

Time to improve is limited. The clock is always on and doesn't care if you don't feel like it. Someone else does and they're passing you by.

People should know better than to be an ass in front of writers. We immortalize things. Lots of things. And we take liberties with character descriptions.

Good hearts carry weighing balance that measures others’ values based on the character merely than ever with their attire, wealth, rank or position.

When they know what makes you cry, they know what hurts you most. Don't give your enemies that." Solin, character in The Guardian by Sherrilyn Kenyon

In our postmodern culture which is TV dominated, image sensitive, and morally vacuous, personality is everything and character is increasingly irrelevant.