Agatha Christie Quotes

sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character... -annabelle granger

Character is constructed amidst the tempests of the World

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

Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times.

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

In America, the stories we tell ourselves and we tell each other in fiction have to do with individualism. Every person here is the center of his or her own story. And our job as people and as characters is to find our own motivations and desires, to overcome conflicts and obstacles toward defining ourselves so that we grow and change.

My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.

If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him.

You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities

Prosperity is a more refined and severer test of character than adversity as one hour of summer sunshine produces greater corruption than the longest winter day.

As a person, I learned that I could push myself.

The one thing I have discovered is that we all have challenges; the challenges vary, but our response to the challenges makes us people we are.

When I was younger, I used to think that my unconventional upbringing was a weakness, but over the past few years, I've learnt to see it as one of my greatest strengths.

Character is never built in a classroom; it is built in the circumstances of life.

You cannot build up a character in a solitude; you need a formed character to stand a solitude.

Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle.

The shape of your character is the shape of your future.

It's not so much what you accomplish in life that really matters, but what you overcome that proves who you are, what you are, and whether you are a champion.

No matter what, I need to maintain my sense of self and always be true to who I am. And that while there are always going to be roadblocks along the way, you're going to be just fine, as long as you learn from each setback.