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The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.
Quote by -Maya Angelou
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.
Quote by -Maya Angelou
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Quote by -Maya Angelou
“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.”
Quote by -Oscar Wilde
Your true character is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do ‘Nothing’ for you.
Quote by -Mother Teresa
“The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.”
Quote by -John Wooden
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
Quote by -John Wooden
"When you make a choice and say, 'Come hell or high water, I am going to be this,' then you should not be surprised when you are that. It should not be something that is intoxicating or out of character because you have seen this moment for so long that ... when that moment comes, of course it is here because it has been here the whole time, because it has been [in your mind] the whole time."
Quote by -Kobe Bryant
“It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.”
Quote by -Aeschylus
A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
Quote by -Mahatama Gandhi
All your scholarship would be in vain if at the same time you do not build your character and attain mastery over your thoughts and your actions.
Quote by -Mahatama Gandhi
The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.
Quote by -Lyndon B. Johnson
I just like Forrest Gump. Maybe I'm a little smarter than him, maybe I'm not. Probably because of the whole Southern aspect of his character and for some reason I always wind up on the better end of all deals... I've just kind of got the old silly boy luck!
Quote by -Luke Bryan
“My task is to find the authenticity in the character. I tend to go with the script and tell that story.”
Quote by -Ulrich Thomsen
"Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor."
Quote by -Samuel Johnson
"I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance."
Quote by -Samuel Johnson
"More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral."
Quote by -Samuel Johnson
"Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect."
Quote by -Samuel Johnson
"Natural Selection almost inevitably causes much Extinction of the less improved forms of life and induces what I have called Divergence of Character."
Quote by -Charles Darwin
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
Quote by -Samuel Johnson
"Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are."
Quote by -Charles Bukowski
"I try and stay positive; being negative isn't good for my personality. I don't just bring myself down, I bring everyone around me down. It's like a dark cloud, 'Uh oh, here we go,' and have to snap out of it."
Quote by -Catherine Zeta-Jones
"I love to eat an apple after a meal, just to cleanse my teeth - they always look polished afterwards."
Quote by -Catherine Zeta-Jones
"You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration."
Quote by -Catherine Deneuve
"I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day."
Quote by -Catherine Deneuve
"I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved."
Quote by -Catherine Deneuve
"Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same."
Quote by -Oliver Goldsmith
"The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle."
Quote by -John Ruskin