Quotes about Character

Present yourself always As who you would be, And that is the person The world will see.

In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.

What an important lesson for all of us! The words that come out of our mouths are a direct indicator of what is in our hearts. Idle

I read the story of Red Riding Hood today. I think the wolf was the most interesting character in it. Red Riding Hood was a stupid little thing so easily fooled.

Some people are naturally good, you know, and others are not. I'm one of the others.

It does people good to have to do things they don't like...in moderation.

Can I help you? said Jane. Though Jane herself had no inkling of it, those words were the keynote of her character. Any one else would probably have said, What is the matter? But Jane always wanted to help: and, though she was too young to realize it, the tragedy of her little existence was that nobody ever wanted her help.

every girl, whose ideals are high and pure, wields over her friends; an influence which would endure as long as she was faithful to those ideals and which she would as certainly lose if she were ever false to them.

You know there are some people, like Matthew and Mrs. Allen, that you can love right off without any trouble. And there are others, like Mrs. Lynde, that you have to try very hard to love. You know you ought to love them because they know so much and are such active workers in the church, but you have to keep reminding yourself of it all the time or else you forget.

She isn't like any of the girls I ever knew, or any of the girls I was myself.

Good behavior in the first place is more important than theatrical apologies afterwards.

For the next fortnight Anne writhed or reveled, according to mood, in her literary pursuits. Now she would be jubilant over a brilliant idea, now despairing because some contrary character would NOT behave properly.