Character Quotes · Page 404

We become willing servants to the good by the bonds their virtues lay upon us.

— Philip Sidney

As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.

— Alain de Botton

You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.

— Mike Tyson

Money, not morality, constitutes the principle of commercial nations.

— Thomas Jefferson

The good citizen need not of necessity possess the virtue which makes a good man.

— Aristotle

Food is the rare moral arena in which the ethical choice is generally the one more likely to make you groan with…

— Barbara Kingsolver

I love seeing a story evolve over several books and watching characters develop.

— Marie Rutkoski

“Good character is the best insurance that pays good dividends than any insurance covers in the world. Preserve it!”

— Olawale Daniel

Venerate four characters: the sanguine who has checked volatility and the rage for pleasure; the choleric who has subdued passion and pride;…

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

When I key into the character of Five, I'm generally drawing upon a mental state - not so much thinking about the…

— Aidan Gallagher

When you appoint someone, you appoint somebody because of their character, their convictions, their abilities. And not because you have a belief,…

— Karl Rove

I've had a couple of people come up to me after screenings and say they kind of sympathized with the character. I…

— Michael Eklund

Great stories, well written and heartfelt. Prisoner of SouthernRock is an engaging and entertaining celebration of southern music, musicians and characters.

— Chuck Leavell

Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves.

— Rita Mae Brown

Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and…

— John C. Bogle

By the ancients, courage was regarded as practically the main part of virtue; by us, though I hope we are not less…

— Julius Charles Hare

After 'Student Of The Year,' when I played that baby-doll, diva character, I knew I would be stereotyped, and I wanted to…

— Alia Bhatt

I remember calling and asking, because I had a few lines that were like, "How could the character have done this?" and…

— Alden Ehrenreich

“the partner of his guilt, should be hurled from the pinnacle of unsullied virtue, down to the lowest abyss of infamy and…

— John William Polidori

My God, that scene in Monster Inc. where the monsters realise that their entire world is founded on hurting children -look at…

— Russell T Davies

I left things out - my motivations, my history, my emotional responses - because I am not good at understanding them or…

— Rory Stewart

“Moral people are the most revengeful of mankind, they employ their morality as the best and most subtle weapon of vengeance. They…

— Lev Shestov

There are great truths at the foundation of Freemasonry, truths which it is its mission to teach and which is constituting the…

— Albert Pike

Venom' is a standalone character who has so much attitude, menace and ferocity. He's also really funny in the comics and in…

— Ruben Fleischer

As a samurai, I must strengthen my character; as a human being I must perfect my spirit

— Yamaoka Tesshu

We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about.

— Sonia Braga

Blurryface is this character that I came up with that represents a certain level of insecurity.

— Tyler Joseph

Don't love my beauty. Don't want my body. That is not me. My real beauty is something you cannot see.

— Ces Peta

Good Web design is about the character of the content, not the character of the designer.

— Jeffrey Zeldman

“Sometimes what appears to be a difficult ethical quandary is simply the product of ignorance about your options.”

— John Kroger

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

— James Allen

Science and technology are what we can do; morality is what we agree we should or should not do.

— Anonymous

If you have a moral law then you must have a moral law giver. You don’t get a moral law unless there’s…

— Frank Turek

Every actress hopes to play a wide range of characters because not often you dont.

— Megalyn Echikunwoke

Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character.

— Walter Darby Bannard

“Talent will get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”

— John Wooden

Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Anytime you have an opportunity as an actor to really grow along with your character, I think that's a real gift.

— Alan Ritchson

The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

May every man is not the architect of his own fortune; but every man is the architect of his own character.

— Anurag Prakash Ray