Law of Emotion

I do. That is character! - Theodore Roosevelt

Hire character. Train skill. - Peter Schutz

Useless laws weaken necessary laws. - Charles de Secondat

Character is not what you are in the dark. - Unknown

Desire of praise disposeth to laudable actions. - Thomas Hobbes

Character is not given to us; we build it ourselves. - Mabel Hale

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. - Oscar Wilde

The art of communication is the language of leadership. - James Humes

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. - Paul Cezanne

A bachelor is one who enjoys the chase but does not eat the game. - Unknown

Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Actions prove who someone is; words just prove who they want to be. - Unknown

The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them. - Karen M Moning

Character builds slowly but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness. - Faith Baldwin

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. - Harold S Geneen

The world may take your reputation from you, but it cannot take your character. - Emma Dunham Kelley

Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling. - Stephen R. Covey

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. - Aristotle

Marketers need to build digital relationships and reputation before closing a sale. - Chris Brogan

No matter how much fame and fortune you achieve, don't get wrapped up in yourself. - Dal Richards

True potential and purpose is not possible without good discipline and good character. - Rattan Singh

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've come to realize that real growth of character takes place in the valleys of life. - Dave Dravecky

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance. - Oscar Wilde

This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought. - Lin Yutang

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. - Malcolm S Forbes

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. - Thomas J. Barnardo

One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little. - Alexander Chase

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. - Charles Darwin

Don't be accusing me of taking a bribe. You know what they call that, "definition of character." - Archie Bunker

Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent. - Ingrid Newkirk

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost. When health is lost, something is lost. When character is lost, all is lost. - Rev. Billy Graham

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success. - Ingrid Bergman

Twenty years of romance make a woman look like a ruin, but twenty years of marriage make her something like a public building. - Oscar Wilde

It's really hard to maintain a one-on-one relationship if the other person is not going to allow me to be with other people. - Axl Rose

A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup. - J G Ballard

Faithfulness is essential to the character of a friend: without this there can be no safety in intimacy with and confidence in him. - Samuel Hopkins

Laws are like spiders' webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape. - Solon

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny. - Andre Maurois

Education commences on the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character. - Hosea Ballou