Character Quotes · Page 303

“No offense against moral order was too trivial to escape the attention of the Spanish Inquisition.”

— Jonathan Kirsch

I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.

— Sun Tzu

I mean, can I really create a full, three-dimensional character? I don't know anymore. I'm certainly going to try.

— Bette Midler

Show respect to people who don't even deserve it. Not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours.

— Anonymous

“A person's character isn't determined by how he or she enjoys victory, but rather how he or she endures defeat”

— Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey

The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.

— Bryan Stevenson

What stuff is the man made of who is not coexistent in our thought with the purest and sublimest truth?

— Henry David Thoreau

“Humility is, "nothing but that simple consent of the creature to let God be all, in virtue of which it surrenders itself…

— Andrew Murray

In the first two years this is a man [Clinton] who tried his best to balance the budget, to reform health care,…

— Bryant Gumbel

I think that if youve got 5 million people that enjoy drama and invest in characters, you must take the time to…

— Max Beesley

Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And…

— John Ashcroft

If people don't connect to Eric Carter's struggles, I'm sure they'll find a character in this series to connect to. That's ultimately…

— Corey Hawkins

I took Meisner for a long time. I use a lot of sense memory and, well, I wouldn't say Method, but I…

— Alexandra Daddario

The only impregnable citadel of virtue is religion; for there is no bulwark of mere morality, which some temptation may not overtop…

— Jane Porter

The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and…

— Victoria Pratt

Strength, Courage, Mastery, and Honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world. They are the fundamental virtues of men…

— Jack Donovan

I think that when you look at the great politicians, the two greatest in my view were George Washington and Abraham Lincoln,…

— John McCain

You can be more creative in acting by bringing your character to life and bringing a piece of you that wasn't there…

— Arden Cho

“A ruler who discerning justice refuseth to it the sanction of law, demanding abnegation of rights and self-sacrifice, will not drive his…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

In real life I'm not the character I play in my films. I'm reasonably competent, I work very hard, I'm disciplined, I…

— Woody Allen

I can tell by my own reaction to it that this book is harmful." But let him only wait and perhaps one…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I would point out that I'm an actress for a reason! If I were popular in high school, I would have considered…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live-that productive work is the process by…

— Ayn Rand

I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take…

— Maria Semple

Happiness and Prosperity are now within our Reach; but to attain and preserve them must depend upon our own Wisdom and Virtue.

— George Mason

Transparency reveals your character of having integrity, justice for all and truthfulness.

— Anil Sinha

It's not like my old self - I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.

— Damon Albarn

Providing accurate portrayals of characters is something I want to pay ample attention to.

— Masahiro Sakurai

Loyalty is a feature in a boy's character that inspires boundless hope.

— Anonymous

The moral disposition of the age appears in the refinement of conversation.

— Mary Somerville

Divorce is born of perverted morals and leads to vicious habits.

— Pope Leo XIII

The virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given

— William Ames

My heritage has definitely shaped my music and my character in a lot of ways.

— Ava Max

There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.

— Frederick William Faber

What we think about certain characters and plays changes depending on our current awareness.

— Adrian Lester

“Above all else, above the mechanics, even, a doctor should be thoroughly grounded in morality.”

— M.R. Graham

I am comfortable in my character's skin. I am uncomfortable being in my own skin.

— Tiger Shroff

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

— George Bernard Shaw

You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what…

— Norman Douglas