“What really ruins our character is the fact that none of us looks back over his life.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
We have no Constitution which functions in the absence of a moral people — John Adams Copy Share Image
The life of a good man is at the same time the most eloquent lesson of virtue and the most severe reproof… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's a character you want to play or a story you want to tell. Sometimes it's just to pay the bills. — Daryl Hannah Copy Share Image
It's a real challenge to complete a story arc and end up with a cool punchline in 120 characters. — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Without constancy there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I use non-fiction work written by Whites in my research. It's indispensable. That wasn't the problem. I said that "The Wire" was… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Their virtues lived in their children. The family changed its persons but not its manners, and they continued a blessing to the… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
I think the show [Grimm] became a little more procedural following the pilot, and I didn't know that would happen. Recently more… — David Giuntoli Copy Share Image
I can take my wife out for a lovely evening this Friday, which is a to do. But being a good husband… — Lynn G. Robbins Copy Share Image
I am playing the character of a grandmother in 'Doctor Don' which is completely different from my previous roles. My character is… — Rohini Hattangadi Copy Share Image
In Nietzsche's view nihilism is not a Weltanschauung that occurs at some time and place or another; it is rather the basic… — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
It's all about being comfortable, being easy and having you be able to wear something and not having it wear you. It's… — Jennifer Aniston Copy Share Image
“Contempt for theory, art, history, and for man as an end in himself, which is contained in an abstract form in the… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Character is distilled out of our daily confrontation with temptation, out of our regular response to the call of duty. It is… — Sidney Greenberg Copy Share Image
There is one province in which, sooner or later, virtually everyone gets dealt a leading role--hero, heroine, or villain… Unlike the slight… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“Now if you have proofs to bring forward, bring them forward, and your moral discourse as well; if you have no enthymemes,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
John Burroughs has stated that experimental study of animals in captivity is absolutely useless. Their character, their habits, their appetites undergo a… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
A problem that I have with everything fictional is that writers are always having to come up with sudden artillery explosions in… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
I couldn't stand for a flag that represented tyranny and oppression. Not just from a domestic perspective but from a global one.… — Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Copy Share Image
If you ask any ordinary reader which of Dickens's proletarian characters he can remember, the three he is almost certain to mention… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
When one sees me on screen I hope he or she only sees and feels the character, not Shefali. — Shefali Shah Copy Share Image
“difference is trampled under foot and conformity is elevated to a virtue” — Marcus Bussey Copy Share Image
“Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no other is, and to do what… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth; they are not playing with the inner character. — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
I feel my characters are valid, my characters are people, my characters have hope. Hope is the thing that'll take us through. — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
We have many Lisas, Marks, Dennys, Johnnys, and other characters from 'The Room' in America and in the entire world. — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
I regard writing not as an investigation of character but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“Character is you doing what is right when no one is looking and no one will know.” — Mark Tabb Copy Share Image
I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I want to be known for this character on TV two nights a week, and then I want to go away and… — AJ Lee Copy Share Image
Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it. — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Your attitude is a multitude of aptitude and rectitude which decides your altitude in plenitude. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
When you play a daily soap character that character lives with you for a really long time. — Jasmin Bhasin Copy Share Image
“Never let your character say "how could it get any worse"…it always does.” — Kimi Alexandre Copy Share Image
A man of character and emotional depth is a man who knows who he is and likes himself. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image