Character

Famous quotes containing the word character:

“The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.”
—Mary Mcleod Bethune (1875–1955)

“In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action.”
—Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)

“Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)