"I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than ..."
- Charlotte Brontë
"In youth, it was a way I had,To do my best to please.And change, with every passing ladTo suit his theories.But now I know the things I knowAnd do the things I do,And if you do not like me so,To hell,..."
- Dorothy Parker
"Top 15 Things Money Can’t BuyTime. Happiness. Inner Peace. Integrity. Love. Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals. Trust. Patience. Class. Common sense. Dignity."
- Roy T. Bennett
"It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late."
- Wendelin Van Draanen
"There is an emotional promiscuity we’ve noticed among many good young men and women. The young man understands something of the journey of the heart. He wants to talk, to “share the journey.” The woma..."
- Stasi Eldredge
"Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency is virtue. You love people not for what you do for them or what t..."
- Ayn Rand
"The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back."
- Abigail Van Buren
"Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses.Focus on your character, not your reputation.Focus on your blessings, not your misfortunes."
"Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life — is the source from which self-respect springs."
- Joan Didion
"In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard."
- Nicholas Sparks