“But what a man does out of despair, is not necessarily a key to his character. I have always thought that the real key is in that which he seeks for his enjoyment.”
– Hank Rearden in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, Part II, Chapter IV
Posts Tagged as ‘character’
July 10, 2009
Hank Rearden on Character
July 11, 2007
Albus Dumbledore on Choices
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
– Albus Dumbledore in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, chapter 18
June 27, 2007
Albus Dumbledore on Character
“You are blinded…by the love of the office you hold, Cornelius! You place too much importance, and you always have done, on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!”
– Albus Dumbledore in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of [...]
June 27, 2007
Sirius Black on Character
“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
– Sirius Black in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, chapter 27
