Baltasar Gracian Quotes

One of the troubles of our times is that we are all, I think, precocious as personalities and backward as characters.

I really admire a woman for her intelligence, her personality. Beauty is not enough.

Intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.

But I don't think Art's an Einstein - he likes tugging ears, biting people and burping too much to be a genius.

Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.

A talent can be cultivated in tranquility; a character only in the rushing stream of life.

What a man is: that is to say, personality, in the widest sense of the word; under which are included health, strength, beauty, temperament, moral character, intelligence, and education.

I have been told I've got a darkish personality. A few times." Takahashi swings his trombone case from his right shoulder to his left. Then he says, "It's not as if our lives are divided simply into light and dark. There's shadowy middle ground. Recognizing and understanding the shadows is what a healthy intelligence does. And to acquire a healthy intelligence takes a certain amount of time and effort. I don't think you have a particularly dark character.

Happiness is not the end of life: character is.

A pleasing personality helps you win friends and influence people. Add character to that formula, and keep those friends and maintain that influence.

Every character is a part of you and a part of the character that you are going to evolve into that you are not yet.

To be a great leader, first become a great person.

You can tell a lot about a person not just by their successes, but by how they deal with their setbacks

Imperfections create character.

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

The personality is a work of art.

If strength is measured by intelligence, honesty and depth of character, then yes, strong women are hot as hell.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits.

Character is the plot in many ways

The philosopher spends in becoming a man the time which the ambitious man spends in becoming a personage.

... character reigns preeminent in determining potential.

It is not the events in our life that define our character, but how we deal with them.

Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.

The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.

Nothing tells more about the character of a man than the things he makes fun of.