When I ask French parents what they most want for their children, they say things like "to feel comfortable in their own skin" and "to find their path in the world." They want their kids to develop their own tastes and opinions. In fact, French parents worry if their kids are too docile. They want them to have character.
But they believe that children can achieve these goals only if they respect boundaries and have self-control. So alongside character, there has to be cadre.
Tags: character parenting france boundaries
Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution.
Erin McCarthyTags: caution character scars maturity
It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it's close.
Jesse OwensTags: character
In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character.
Elizabeth GoudgeNo man engaged in a work he does not like can preserve many saving illusions
about himself. The distaste, the absence of glamour, extend from the occupation to the personality. It is only when our
appointed activities seem by a lucky accident to obey the particular earnestness of our temperament that we can taste the comfort of complete self-deception.
He was all of those things, of course, but none of those things.
Marie TillmanTags: character
Leaders do what ought to be done whether their deeds are known by thousands or known by no one.
Orrin WoodwardRealize that by hurting your own characters, you are not a sadist. You are not deliberately hurting your loved ones merely to watch them suffer. You’re giving a gift. You’re helping them grow and develop. Your characters take on deeper meaning to become more alive on your pages. They’ll become real.
James ChartrandTags: pain writing character writer
He lay back, put his arm over his eyes, and tried to hold onto the anger, because the anger made him feel brave. A brave man could think. A coward couldn't.
Stephen KingTags: bravery character life-lessons anger cowards
I've always regarded it as a test of character to dislike the Kennedys. I don't really respect anyone who falls for Camelot.
Christopher HitchensTags: united-states character camelot american-politics gore-vidal kennedy-family
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