Character
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In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us.
Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have — life itself.
Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can't allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn't think we could be that strong.
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
I don't see a difference between playing a performance capture role and a live action role, they're just characters to me at the end of the day and I'm an actor who wants to explore those characters in fantastically written scripts. The only caveat is a good story is a good character.
Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
