Personality And Character Quotes:

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

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Inspirational, Leadership, Clever, Innovation And Leadership, Too Much Power

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

- Bruce Lee

topic: Inspirational, Life, Confidence, Martial Arts Inspirational, Instructors

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Inspirational, Success, Honesty, Good Character, Inspirational Character

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

- James Anthony Froude

source: James Anthony Froude (1849). “The nemesis of faith”, p.4

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Good Character, Forged

If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature.

- Bruce Barton

topic: God, Character, Expression, My Own Personality, Personality And Character

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Inspirational, Attitude, Ambition, My Attitude, Inspirational Character

Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

- Alphonse Karr

topic: Character, Men, Thinking, Inspirational Character, Exhibits

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

- Thomas Paine

topic: Inspirational, Motivation, Character, Inspirational Character, Best Character

Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself. We continue to shape our personality all our life. To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

- Albert Camus

topic: Life, Knowledge, Thinking, My Own Personality, Knowing Oneself

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself.

- Erich Fromm

source: Man for Himself (1947) ch. 4

topic: Men, Giving, Tasks, Moral Failure, My Own Personality

The great thing about acting is that you get to be a lot of different things in one lifetime. You get to explore different personalities and characters.

- Eva Amurri

source: "Talking About Teaching with Eva Amurri Martino". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. June 14, 2012.

topic: Character, Personality, Acting, Personality And Character

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. [Ger., Es bildet ein talent sich in der Stille, Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.]

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

topic: Character, Solitude, World, Good Character, Inspirational Character

The principle of happiness should be like the principle of virtue: it should not be dependent of things, but be a part of personality [and character].

- William Lyon Phelps

topic: Happiness, Character, Personality, Personality And Character

Women show off their personality and character through accessories more than with low-cut shirts and skirts with huge slits.

- Sarah Lafleur

topic: Character, Cutting, Personality, Personality And Character, Slits

Most people stiffen with self-consciousness when they pose for a photograph. Lighting and fine camera equipment are useless if the photographer cannot make them drop the mask, at least for a moment, so he can capture on his film their real, undistorted personality and character.

- Philippe Halsman

topic: Real, Character, Self, Personality And Character

If there is a trait which does characterize leaders it is opportunism. Successful people are very often those who steadfastly refuse to be daunted by disadvantage and have the ability to turn disadvantage to good effect. They are people who seize opportunity and take risks. Leadership then seems to be a matter of personality and character.

- John Viney

topic: Character, Successful, Opportunity, Opportunism, Personality And Character

When friends enter a home, they sense its personality and character, the family's style of living - these elements make a house come alive with a sense of identity, a sense of energy, enthusiasm, and warmth , declaring: "This is how we are; this is how we live."

- Ralph Lauren

topic: Home, Character, House, Declaring, Personality And Character

The people who write official histories for the Army believe that a generation needs to pass before you can tackle the official history. It's useful to have some distance. Sources become available. Passions cool. It allows an opportunity to make some real assessments and judgments about personalities and characters.

- Rick Atkinson

source: "Rick Atkinson talks 'The Guns at Last Light'". Interview with John Barron, www.chicagotribune.com. May 10, 2013.

topic: Real, Distance, Believe, Personality And Character

I wonder if any element of interior design is more personal than color? Nothing can more quicly reveal aspect of personality and character than the choice - or absence - of color.

- Van Day Truex

topic: Character, Color, Design, Interior Design, Personality And Character