Names of the Colours

Character is destiny. - Greek Proverb

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds. - Socrates

Be polite to all, but intimate with few. - Thomas Jefferson

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. - Emily Dickinson

Character is much easier kept than recovered. - Thomas Paine

Life always takes on the character of its motive. - J.G. Holland

Treasure your relationships, not your possessions. - Anthony J. D'Angelo

Reputation is for time; character is for eternity. - J.B. Gough

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. - Leo Rosten

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near. - Helen Rowland

A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once. - Phyllis Diller

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

Sometimes the best communication happens when you're on separate bikes. - Unknown

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

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans. - Ronald Reagan

Peppering your relationship with a dash of mystery can make it far more palatable. - Khang K. Nguyen

Actions, looks, words and steps form the alphabet by which you may spell character. - Johann Kasper Lavater

No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time. - Elbert Green Hubbard

As long as I can wear a wig I can be any character, and in real life I can be myself. - Ginnifer Goodwin

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships. - Jodie Foster

Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word. - Lord Chesterfield

Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home. - Henry Drummond

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

I am on your Walk of Fame in Toronto. My sense of humour is Canadian. But I can't vote. - Donald Sutherland

Your reputation is what you’re perceived to be, Your character is what you really are. - John Wooden

Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life. - Joseph Campbell

Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. - Albert Einstein

Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else. - Nicholas Sparks

When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature. - Ernest Hemingway

A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia. - Jack Horner

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. - Dale Carnegie

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

The greatest mistake we humans make in our relationships: we listen half, understand quarter, think zero, and react double. - Unknown

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

It's a funny relationship that makeup artists have. I always feel kind of like a dentist. People look at me and think of pain. - Rick Baker

Every man, as to character, is the creature of the age in which he lives. Very few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of their times. - Voltaire