Poor Character Quotes:

Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.

- Myles Munroe

topic: Relationship, Character, Personal Growth, Deceptive, Poor Character

People of poor character tend to blame their choices on circumstances. Ethical people make good choices regardless of circumstances. If they make enough good choices, they begin to create better conditions for themselves.

- John C. Maxwell

topic: Character, People, Choices, Poor Character, Good Choices

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

- Anne Frank

topic: Inspirational, Growing Up, Women, Good Character, Many Paths

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this.

- Henry Ford

topic: Experience, Sometimes, Realizing, Good Character, Model T

When I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder the year I turned 50, it was certainly a shock. But as a journalist, knowing a little bit about a lot of things, I didn't suffer the misconception that depression was all in my head or a mark of poor character. I knew it was a disease, and, like all diseases, was treatable.

- Jane Pauley

source: "TAKE ONE STEP: Caring for Depression, with Jane Pauley". www.pbs.org. 2008.

topic: Character, Knowing, Years, Poor Character, Bipolar Disorder

A woman may be beautiful but have poor character. A man may be a business genius, making money left and right, but lack common courtesy, sensitivity, and compassion.

- Myles Munroe

topic: Beautiful, Character, Men, Common Courtesy, Poor Character

People who are well-known, famous people, I think, make very poor characters for fiction. They make good characters for gossip columns. But not for fiction.

- Fran Lebowitz

topic: Character, Thinking, People, Poor Character

The Buddha also counseled the monks and nuns to avoid wasting any precious time by engaging in idle conversation, oversleeping, pursuing fame and recognition, chasing after desires, spending time with people of poor character, and being satisfied with only a shallow understanding of the teaching.

- Nhat Hanh

topic: Teaching, Character, People, Poor Character