Character Quotes · Page 373

There is no development of character without resistance, there is no growth of spirituality without overcoming.

— David O. McKay

Alison Carr on 'Homeland.' She was such great character to play, so clever and full of surprises. I was sad to see…

— Miranda Otto

Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses.

— Henry David Thoreau

Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.

— Nelson Mandela

The JBL character, I had had in mind for a long time, a character very similar.

— John Layfield

Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God?

— Plato

The best knowledge is revealed by your character including your tolerance level,and how you deal with oppositions.

— Yasmine Tariq

I have a rule: I will not alter the basic history of a real-life character to suit our fictional needs in a…

— Terence Winter

“If your nationality is lost, nothing is lost – if your religion is lost, nothing is lost – if your ethnicity is…

— Abhijit Naskar

There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is…

— Lena Headey

There are very few ethnic LGBT characters on television, so I am honored to represent them. I love supporting this cause, but…

— Naya Rivera

There are franchise players to build around that have championship-level talent, skill, basketball IQ, and character - it's hard to find those…

— Jeff Van Gundy

I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters…

— Kari Matchett

When it's a comedy or drama or horror or romance, it's all the same. You want to be honest with the character.…

— Mila Kunis

Truth! why shall every wretch of letters Dare to speak truth against his betters! Let ragged virtue stand aloof, Nor mutter accents…

— Charles Churchill

Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation…

— Boris Yeltsin

I seek a diverse spectrum of roles. If I just was in a large-budget feature for a younger audience, then I want…

— Cameron Monaghan

I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how…

— Maggie Stiefvater

There is something wonderful about turning up every day and knowing that not just the character but the whole movie kind of…

— Domhnall Gleeson

“This unstable character of man, this going from one extreme to the other, arising as it does out of his narrow vision…

— Fazlur Rahman

I was exhilarated by the new realization that I could change the character of my life by changing my beliefs. I was…

— Anonymous

Abstract systems depend on trust, yet they provide none of the moral rewards which can be obtained from personalised trust, or were…

— Anthony Giddens

I consider myself as a character actor. I like the sports analogy, which I do all the time; I'm an avid sports…

— Clint Howard

An actor is here to perform. For example, if a character is a Punjabi or a Bihari, and the actor is not,…

— Sunny Singh

I think that inevitably, the trouble our characters go through is a kind of metaphor for what's happening in ourselves.

— Alice Mattison

I really believe that every character comes from the well of the artist.

— Melora Hardin

“The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude.”

— Francis Bacon

“what we might call everyday morality is exclusive of ethical anguish.”

— Jean-Paul Sartre

As an actor, you use the things from yourself that you can apply to the character.

— Robert De Niro

There is little character or loveliness in the face of someone who has shunned risk, avoided suffering and rejected life

— Madeleine L'Engle

The beginning is the most important part...for that is the time character is being formed.

— Plato

Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I can't really compare them, all my characters are very close to my heart.

— Manoj Kumar

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

— Anonymous

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.

— Robert Englund

A man's character is not judged after he celebrates a victory, but by what he does when his back is against the…

— John Cena

It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long…

— Jane Campion

What you do off the job is determining factor in how far you will go on the job.

— Zig Ziglar

“No matter how horrendous our actions become, we cannot act upon God so as to change the integrity of his character.”

— Joshua Ryan Butler

Playing a Black trans character on a TV show is a story that needs to be told.

— Brian Michael Smith