Quotes About Genuine Character

#1. Never be shaken, no matter what happens or what others may say. Never be flustered; never lose confidence. This is the way we should strive to live our lives. Being able to do so is a sign of genuine character.

Daisaku Ikeda

#2. Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle.

Daisaku Ikeda

#3. You want to be honest with a character and play it truthfully, and you want to be genuine with your character.

Mila Kunis

#4. Just as Israel became the first fruits of the world by entering into covenant with God, Jesus incarnated into the most genuine fruition of his essential character.

James Mikolajczyk

#5. They're serious"
"Well I hope so, they are getting married

R.S. Burnett

#6. The genuine investor in common stocks does not need a great equipment of brain and knowledge, but he does need some unusual qualities of character

Benjamin Graham

#7. Beware of those who are too focused with polishing and beautifying their outer shells. They lack true substance to understand that genuine beauty is reflected from the heart that resides inside.

Suzy Kassem

#8. Life is legal tender, and individual character stamps its value. We are from a thousand mints, and all genuine. Despite our infinitely diverse appraisements, we make change for one another. So many ideals planted are worth the great gold of Socrates; so many impious laws broken are worth John Brown.

Louise Imogen Guiney

#9. Just as a diamond can only be polished by another diamond, it is only through genuine, all-out engagement with others that people can polish their character, and help each other to reach greater heights.

Daisaku Ikeda

#10. Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound understanding of human existence - not detachment and objectivity.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#11. Anyone who knows me well must understand and be sympathetic to my genuine need to be my own greatest hero. It is not a flaw of character; it is a catastrophe.

Pat Conroy

#12. Die and born again, die and born again. It's the story of my life.

Donatella Versace

#13. It's much simpler to be tortured on camera or to be filmed losing your mind. Whereas a script that has characters who are honest, witty and genuine is often much harder to act.

Ellen Page

#14. There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.

Frederick William Faber

#15. I cannot refrain from doubting that there exist any genuine realizations of our deepest character except war and illness, those two infinities of nightmare.

Louis-Ferdinand Celine

#16. All revered spiritual leaders, political leaders, and diplomats, captains of industry, intellectuals, and winning generals exhibit genuine humility that empowers them to act with integrity and courage under the most distressing circumstances.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#17. We must continue to be diligent in protecting Americans' civil liberties while preserving critical law enforcement tools we need to keep America safe.

Debbie Stabenow

#18. There are many counterfeits of character, but the genuine article is difficult to be mistaken.

Samuel Smiles

#19. The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.

Cameron Mathison

#20. Don't keep your good manners to the end another time, but begin with them.

Apollonius Of Tyana

#21. Smell brings to mind ... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years.

Diane Ackerman

#22. (on Katharine Hepburn) She talks at you as though you were a microphone; she lectured the hell out of me on temperance and the evils of drink. She doesn't give a damn how she looks. I don't think she tries to be a character. I think she is one.

Humphrey Bogart

#23. Authentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger, their concerns wider, their compassion more genuine and their convictions more concrete.

Bill Hybels

#24. If you wanna do a film where you have a big scope, you've got to make your characters relatable and genuine.

Jennifer Lee

#25. It was the purest love without purpose other than love itself. Without tenure or jealousy.

Luis Sepulveda

#26. He then proceeded to shout at Alpha and Beta, a sign that he was in a genuine good mood. They took it as calmly as ever, in spite of the fact that he accused them of things I'm sure no donkey has ever willingly done, especially not Beta, who possessed impeccable moral character.

Patrick Rothfuss

#27. If a leader demonstrates competency, genuine concern for others, and admirable character, people will follow.

Richard Chase