Defects Of Character Quotes

• By practicing the virtues we cultivate the soil from which healthy emotions sprout; by letting go of our character defects we drain the swamp in which diseased emotions breed.

  Ray Allen

  Letting Go, Character, Emotional

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• Reflect upon the defects of your character: thoroughly realize their evils and the transient pleasures they give you, and firmly will that you shall try your best not to yield to them the next time.

  H. P. Blavatsky

  Character, Yield, Evil

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• No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Change, Character, Angel

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1454, Delphi Classics

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• 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

  Inspirational, Growing Up, Women

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Nov 29, 2014

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• Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

  Margaret Halsey

  Character, People, Littles

  Margaret Halsey (1938). “With Malice Toward Some”

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• Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Character, Weakness

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  I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dream, Kings, Children

  Speech at Civil Rights March,Washington, D.C., 28 Aug. 1963

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• I was powerless over my childhood but the coping strategies that I developed, to survive, all of which were creative and brilliant and got me through, as an adult those became my defects of character. Those became my shortcomings, control and all that kind of stuff... and that's my responsibility. I was a blameless child in what happened in the home; I take responsibility for my behaviors as an adult.

  Ashley Judd

  Children, Home, Character

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• It is one of the defects of my character that I cannot altogether dislike anyone who makes me laugh.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Character, Laughing, Make Me Laugh

  W. Somerset Maugham (2012). “The Moon and Sixpence”, p.104, Courier Corporation

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• No one should be judged by their defects. The great virtues a person has are his or her especially. But their errors are the common weakness of humanity and should never be counted in estimating a person’s character.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Character, Errors, Humanity

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• Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

  Jacqueline Bisset

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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• Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

  Jacqueline Bisset

  Character, Age, Youth

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• What we'd consider a positive role model, I think it's impossible to actually be a role model. You'll have your flaws or defects of character, regardless. You just speak like a positive role model, and that's just something that you're being conscious of, and you make the decision, "I want to say positive things."

  Curtis Jackson

  Character, Thinking, Role Models

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• I think it's impossible to actually be a role model. I think on some level, you'll have your flaws or defects of character, regardless.

  Curtis Jackson

  Character, Thinking, Role Models

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• It's always the last one because it's so present in your body. I liked Scream of the Banshee because it was a real challenge. I thought, "How am I going to pull off this character?" But, I also thought, "Oh, man, I'm going to go for it." He's got all the defects of character that an actor loves to play. So, I had a really great time.

  Lance Henriksen

  Real, Character, Men

  Source: collider.com

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