Good sense, good health, good conscience, and good fame,--all these belong to virtue, and all prove that virtue has a title to… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
I get letters from adults saying that they love the books because they are more in-depth with characterization than the comics. The… — Lisa Yee Copy Share Image
When I started playing music, I was more of a character. Now I'm just me with a cool outfit on. I'm more… — Ben Hopkins Copy Share Image
“I'm not fond of immutable villains in stories. Most people try to do what they think is right or just, and that's… — R. Leib Copy Share Image
I don't have anything saying, 'I'm going to do this many new films, and this many comedies.' But, it's always exciting for… — Ashley Greene Copy Share Image
“It is in the character of very few people to honour a prosperous friend without envy, and these very few people tend… — Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar Copy Share Image
I often feel that with a crime story, the moral standards have to be higher. You're deal with real victims and with… — David Grann Copy Share Image
Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Elegant and lucid . . . a pitch-perfect clarion call, issued not with preachy hubris but from a deep place of humility,… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
None of the actor methods ever discussed what it would be like to play a character on film for over a decade,… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
I've argued that many of what philosophers call moral sentiments can be seen in other species. In chimpanzees and other animals, you… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
I'm only 13, so I can't say "life experiences." So, basically, I had to... act! I had to make up character that… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
This is a moral universe, which means that despite all the evidence that seems to be to the contrary, there is no… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The characters I tend to play are a little more interesting than the standard heroes. Romantic leads can be a little more… — Iwan Rheon Copy Share Image
It seems evident that the more profound, helpful, and meaningful way to protect people is to dismantle the morality code, and grant… — Terre Thaemlitz Copy Share Image
We continually forget that the sphere of morals is the sphere of action, that speculation in regard to morality is but observation… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
The great pleasure that comes from reading poets such as Mark Doty and Marianne Moore is the realisation that the essential virtues… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in… — Roger Babson Copy Share Image
I always tell young, up and coming professional wrestlers, when you're trying to play a character that's not really you, it's going… — Montel Vontavious Porter Copy Share Image
I think it's cool to play characters who are very joke-y and yet you can show a total serious, very somber side… — James Phelps Copy Share Image
You don't really have a story until you discover the moment when the pressures on a character force a sudden, abrupt shift… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image
I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
Ordinary people regard a man of a certain force and flexibility of character as they do a lion; they look at him… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
I just have that cop gene going on. I like strong women. I think a lot of women relate to strong characters,… — Ally Walker Copy Share Image
I love acting. It's what I've done all my life, and to me, it's a lot easier than doing reality television because… — Kyle Richards Copy Share Image
I always view auditions as the first and last time I'll ever do a character, so that's how I like to see… — Mena Massoud Copy Share Image
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The whole speculation about morality is an effort to find a way of living which men who live it will instinctively feel… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Half at least of all morality is negative and consists in keeping out of mischief. The lords prayer is less than 50… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
So much of my work is as Yara, not as a character. If you're attacking my work as a philanthropist or activist,… — Yara Shahidi Copy Share Image
Epicurus says, "gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it." And where is the virtue that has not? But… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Difficult, say you? Difficult to be a man of virtue, truly good, shaped and fashioned without flaw in the perfect figure of… — Simonides of Ceos Copy Share Image
When I work on a movie, I look at the script or watch the film, and I talk to my director or… — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
My aim is to play Test matches. For me, there is a different feel of Test cricket as it tests your character.… — Suresh Raina Copy Share Image
I think we need a superhero in India that needs a great amount of writing and character behind it. if someone manages… — Sidharth Malhotra Copy Share Image
The centre of the tragedy, therefore, may be said with equal truth to lie in action issuing from character, or in character… — A. C. Bradley Copy Share Image
The most important thing for me in an action sequence is, you understand the characters' intention and the challenges the characters are… — Simon Kinberg Copy Share Image
In fiction writing ideas have to be handled extremely carefully. You can't let your characters just be mouthpieces for your ideas. They… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
When you're confined to a TV series, and you have to play one character, it can make you insane. But it didn't… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
I would never want to write a character who was not thoroughly herself or himself. She's a very specific creature in my… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image