The ultimate test of a nation's character is not how it responds to adversity in war but how it meets the challenge… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“Conscience is the virtue of observers and not of agents of action.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
As an actor, you think you know your craft, you know the conflicts in your character, but often you don't. — Sushant Singh Rajput Copy Share Image
I think it's not difficult to get into a character if you start living it. — Sara Khan Copy Share Image
“If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.” — Xenophon Copy Share Image
I thought 'Hanna' was an opportunity to explore a character whose femininity was so raw and unconditioned by the modern world. — Esme Creed-Miles Copy Share Image
It doesn't really matter how you feel about your character; it just matters what you do with it. — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
So far as I have myself observed, the distinctive character of a child is to live always in the tangible present. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
You get so caught up in what you're writing - action sequences tend to do that more than anything else because you're… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
“We are so accustomed to classifying judgments, arguments and deeds in terms of morality that we forget how relatively new the notion… — Alasdair C. MacIntyre Copy Share Image
“You create your characters, set things in motion, and then let those characters and the situations they encounter tell you how they’re going to… — Laird Barron Copy Share Image
Truth and non-violence are not cloistered virtues but applicable as much in the forum and the legislatures as in the market place. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“My question is, how and why would a being who has no soul, and no conscience, and no ability to judge between… — Jim Ford Copy Share Image
No man can have anything better after faith than a woman of righteous character, loving and child-bearing. And no man can have… — Umar Copy Share Image
The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Nothing is more difficult and nothing requires more character than to find oneself in open opposition to ones time (and those one… — Kurt Tucholsky Copy Share Image
“It is, therefore, a great source of virtue for the practiced mind to learn, bit by bit, first to change about in… — Hugh of Saint Victor Copy Share Image
I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward… — Walter Anderson Copy Share Image
We cannot assume the injustice of any actions which only create offense, and especially as regards religion and morals. He who utters… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
I did more research into the police procedure. I worked out with SWAT guys and ex- and active military guys, and consulted… — Tim Kang Copy Share Image
Just the way LA is laid out - 30 miles of disparate neighborhoods - adds to the loneliness of the characters. There's… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
Playing a TV character for seven years is almost like when you do a play. You live, breathe, and everything else with… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
A lot of what I've written in criticism of my lust for virtue - my discovery that I've committed idolatry, making of… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“Those with enlightened virtue please the people, those without enlightened virtue please themselves. Those who please the people grow, those who please… — Thomas Cleary Copy Share Image