Stendhal Quotes

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

You're always concerned for your character. You should be.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

I try to be a good person - I don't always succeed, but that's what I'm shooting for.

I think I've certainly learned a lot of lessons in humility and continue to work on that part of myself.

The most important thing that I tell myself is that no matter where I go in this journey, the humility is what's gonna keep me honest and real. And perhaps a better manager.

One's character is reflected in their choices after all. I'm glad to have been making ones that make my heart soar.

Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our values and principles, we are able to more easily embody the philosophy, leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do.

I think the biggest thing with me is that I just pride myself on being the best human being I can be.

I think personal growth has much to do with acting ability.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out.

I've never been a bad person and always had quite good morals. There's always been a side of me that's been quite proper, but it's got distracted here and there. Now I'm the person I should be.

I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.

Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There's equal merit in that, but you must not confuse being good with being liked.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

A man is simple when his chief care is the wish to be what he ought to be, that is honestly and naturally human.

You've got to be the best person you can be in your life.

I try to be the best man I can for the day.

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.

I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.

Anyone can identify with those moments in life where circumstances or people inform us that we've strayed from the path of our better nature and intentions. We know what that's like, and we resist it - so as not to feel like we're bad people.

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.