Character Quotes · Page 273

Actually, my character needs to be questioned. On a regular basis. By people who know and love me.

— John Ortberg

Morality, like numinous awe, is a jump; in it, man goes beyond anything that can be 'given' in the facts of experience.

— C. S. Lewis

If a man has no vices, he is in great danger of making vices about his virtues, and there's a spectacle.

— Thornton Wilder

I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him.

— Richard Steele

What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.

— Vernon Howard

A friend exaggerates a man's virtues; an enemy inflames his crimes.

— Joseph Addison

As a character, you're working within the realm of what's on the [script] page.

— Harry Connick, Jr

The lessons we learn from patience will cultivate our character, lift our lives, and heighten our happiness.

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“To feel these feelings at the right time, on the right occasion, towards the right people, for the right purpose and in…

— Aristotle

I cannot tell what I am as much afraid of, as a woman who invariably washes on Monday. It is a kind…

— Jane Swisshelm

“As mankind 'matures,' as it becomes more possible to be frank in the scrutiny of the self and others and in the…

— H. G. Wells

Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and…

— James Madison

“Much of the Soul they talk, but all awry; And in themselves seek virtue; and to themselves All glory arrogate, to God…

— John Milton

Rarely is the pain of losing someone expressed with such directness, energy, and, yes, humor. The grief in Evan Kuhlman'sWolf Boyis palpable,…

— Peter Orner

I just didn't realize, being a young person, that if you sign up to make a film, a certain portion of your…

— Glen Hansard

I love Meghna Gulzar's film making and her style of story telling. In her films, every character, small or big, is beautifully…

— Amruta Khanvilkar

The idea for Maximum Ride come from the earlier books of mine called When the Wind Blows and The Lake House, which…

— James Patterson

I always say that the characters in Jane Austen's original books are rather like zombies because they live in this bubble of…

— Seth Grahame-Smith

Of means of persuading by speaking there are three species: some consist in the character of the speaker; others in the disposing…

— Aristotle

I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood!…

— Amy Chua

We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of…

— Carl von Clausewitz

Whenever I play a role, whether it's good or bad, an evil person or nice person, I believe in being a purist…

— Andy Kaufman

Science enhances the moral value of life, because it furthers a love of truth and reverence-love of truth displaying itself in the…

— Max Planck

The most upsetting part of the new administration is discovering that the person who won the election and became the president of…

— Maxine Waters

Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her Is righted even when men grant they err.

— George Chapman

You can perform all kind of characters but you cannot change what people feel for you.

— Sophie Marceau

The aim of the receipts may be virtue, sin, much closer to the work you do

— Mak_786

“Where commerce and capitalism are invloved, often times, morality and honor sink to the bottom-Oliver Goldsmith paraphrased”

— Oliver Goldsmith

There are some virtues to not saying what you think all the time.

— Margaret Atwood

Deal honestly and objectively with yourself; intellectual honesty and personal courage are the hallmarks of great character.

— Brian Tracy

I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire.

— Tennessee Williams

If one evil eats at the moral fiber of human life in this world that could be termed as Mother of Evils,…

— T Joseph Benziger

I've wrestled just about everybody there is to wrestle, done just about every character reincarnation that I can come up with.

— Goldust

Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.

— Aziz Ansari

It's very tough playing a real life character in a controversial story.

— Mahima Chaudhry

In what we think of as bad dialogue, the characters talk directly to each other.

— Diane Johnson

Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon.

— Anonymous

A villain to me is someone who actively seeks to hurt someone or does things for his own gain.

— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.

— Sam Rockwell