When you reach for the horizon, as I've proven, you may not get there, but what a tremendous build of character and… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
Authors can only soft sell the environment. Create a wonderful story around the environment involving the characters that leaves a lasting impression… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I like playing characters who are fractured, broken. I find that more relatable, for some reason. I don't feel that I'm like… — Jamie Dornan Copy Share Image
The Srimad-Bhagavatam states that any bona fide preacher of God consciousness must have the qualities of titiksa (tolerance) and karuna (compassion). In… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel the only way I can get a major publisher interested in mental illness is if I find a character… — Pete Earley Copy Share Image
The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Sometimes you'll see people give performances in comedy with an ironic detachment where they'll sort of be remarking on the character from… — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
For me, there's a bad year of getting started on something. You write bad stuff and it's awkward to throw it out,… — Whit Stillman Copy Share Image
The moral government of God is a movement in a line onwards towards some grand consummation, in which the principles, indeed, are… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
I watched a lot of soap operas like 'General Hospital' and 'Days Of Our Lives.' When it came to movies, my parents… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
I think the superhero platform gives the female character, you know, a relate-ability for the male audience as well. So, I think… — Margot Robbie Copy Share Image
You wanna do a lot of backstory for your character - as an actor, you wanna research that. But on the show,… — Alison Brie Copy Share Image
A society whose principles are acquisition, profit, and property produces a social character oriented around having, and once the dominant pattern is… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
When you go for something because you're curious about it, you get psyched up about the chance of getting into it. It's… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
I do have shout-outs to bands and musicians I like in my books, but the musical references can be misunderstood. Often, I… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Every life of a character is within a context. If I write detached from a social and political background, my story looks… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Therefore it is most expedient for the wise, if Don Worm (his conscience) find no impediment to the contrary, to be the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If a person has built a sound character, it makes but little difference what people say about him, because he will win… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
The Black Mountain poet I like most is the early Creeley. Those early poems seem very lyrical and very traditional, with a… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
I always had a lot of confidence in my work and the unique flavor I like to bring to my characters, but… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
A Man is not defined by doing what a Woman thinks he should do for her benefit. A true man is defined… — R Dennis Copy Share Image
In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in… — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
'Fringe' is essentially a love story, so the scenes where Walter had close connection with Peter, but also with Anna's character or… — John Noble Copy Share Image
People in Scunthorpe don't care what I say. And I'm not camp, either. I'm a geezer. I'm not a raving queer, I've… — Boy George Copy Share Image
“Godly character is what you are when you've been tried and proven. It is not what you say you are, or what… — Robin M. Bertram Copy Share Image
Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
My whole background is character acting: weird costumes, fat suits, playing men, playing animals - I've never played anyone with whom there's… — Allison Williams Copy Share Image
In my stories, I think, as I've gotten older, the characters have become stronger and more independent, and more capable of making… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“There is a perfect rout of characters in every man—and every man is like an actor’s trunk, full of strange creatures, new… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Television is a lot of fun. It's faster-paced. The schedule is really desirable, I guess. But as far as films go, and… — Eric Dane Copy Share Image
The men who have most fully illustrated Christ in their character and have most powerfully affected the world for Him have been… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
“Viewing teaching as a moral endeavor filled with uncertain and inevitable dilemmas positions the teacher always as an inquirer.” — Celia Oyler Copy Share Image
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If there is to be peace on earth and good will toward men, we must finally believe in the ultimate morality of… — Martin Luther King Copy Share Image
The way glass can be molded or blown or cut into any kind of shape made me think about how we as… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
The difference between fiction and journalism is that you can disguise the characters, so you won't get your legs broken, and there's… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share Image
