Character Quotes · Page 458

There is a kind of character in thy life, That to the observer doth thy history, fully unfold.

— William Shakespeare

Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I liken every character that I do to a relationship that you're in.

— Bill Skarsgard

Characters can be mysterious and you're not really sure which way they might turn at a given point.

— Michael Zaslow

I could not live by literature if only to begin with, because of the slow maturing of my work and its special…

— Tillie Olsen

A story isn't interesting unless a character has real challenges to deal with.

— Alexis Bledel

No amount of talents, skills or charisma can sustain us the way integrity, character & attitude does.

— Sidney Mohede

“The vice president (Nixon) seems like a man who is acting like a nice man rather than being one.”

— Ann Whitman

The character of 'Mama' is so ambitious in a way that everything I did was always on the verge of being almost…

— Andy Muschietti

Betty White's Sue Ann Nivens was classic... She had done so much with that man-crazy character! Betty made every moment count. She…

— Gavin MacLeod

The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty…

— William Shenstone

I just love to play characters that are layered and that I can relate to in some way, even if they're completely…

— Carrie-Anne Moss

I left home at 14 and I have friends who joined the navy and the army performing troops at 9. I know…

— Amanda Schull

You are born with a character; it is given, a gift, as the old stories say, from the guardians upon your birth...Each…

— James Hillman

I look to challenge myself with a character that's not like myself or anything I've done before, but I certainly don't reject…

— David Gallagher

I read all these Marvel wikis, and there are characters that just stand out to you, and you think, 'How is this…

— Ryan North

In the information-communication civilization of the 21st Century, creativity and mental excellence will become the ethical norm. The world will be too…

— Timothy Leary

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, 'The signs of a hypocrite are three: 1. Whenever he speaks, he tells a lie.…

— Abu Hurairah

I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things; it makes a character much more three-dimensional if there's…

— Colm Meaney

It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence…

— Joseph Heller

Some virtues, when they become fashions, also become exaggerated. Just because nobody likes a judgmental attitude does not mean that there isn't…

— Criss Jami

“Hitherto, Aubrey had had no opportunity of studying Lord Ruthven’s character, and now he found, that, though many more of his actions…

— John William Polidori

The first practice is the practice of undiscriminating virtue: take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of…

— Laozi

The only thing I know that makes me feel comfortable is to know as much as I can. Not like what the…

— Adam Driver

Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habit -- or a mask. . . . The foregoing maxim shows the difference between truth and sarcasm.

— William Hazlitt

Gifts and abilities, no matter how magnificent, are either limited or enhanced by character.

— John Wimber

“...if you're an actor, and you've thought your way into the part, then you're character portrayal will have authority...”

— John Geddes

You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.

— Winston Churchill

You have to make a character of yourself if you're going to be known to strangers.

— Ezra Furman

As an actor, I usually have to find something to love about my character in order to play her.

— Lorraine Toussaint

The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.

— Norm MacDonald

I'm not going to say it's laziness, but I'm not a grand creator of new characters.

— Lore Segal

I have always played the intense, brooding characters but I am not like that in real life.

— Nikitin Dheer

Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.

— Confucius

If you were to sell your character, would you get full retail or would it go for a bargain-basement price?

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

Moral judgment is not life-giving; love that transcends the boundaries of judgment as Jesus' love did, is.

— John Shelby Spong

Don't let anyone make you believe the length of your skirt is a measure of your character.

— Amitabh Bachchan

As a mature character artist I thoroughly enjoyed working with the enthusiastic, childlike Salman Khan.

— Vinod Khanna

Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person…

— Cornelia Funke

It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.

— Nelson Mandela