Character Quotes · Page 67

“If it doesn't harm your character, how can it harm your life?”

— Marcus Aurelius

Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues.

— Krista Tippett

Even virtue is fairer in a fair body.

— Virgil

I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

— Clint Eastwood

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

— Cato the Younger

“Goodness is both an ethical and an esthetic standard.”

— Philip Graham Ryken

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

— Adam Smith

In justice is all virtues found in sum.

— Aristotle

Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudices, eradicate virtue, honesty, and religion

— Jonathan Swift

I don't like characters that are left being jerks at the end of the movie.

— Jeremy London

I like to make all my characters interesting. Be they male, female or creatures unknown.

— Rhianna Pratchett

“He's one of those attorneys who think of the law as a game, not a morality play. I'm told that'd the kind…

— Lionel Shriver

True humility-the basis of the Christian system-is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues.

— Edmund Burke

Courage is the collective strength of heart, mind and soul, but the character plays the key role.

— Anuj Somany

Fear brings out the best in some people and the worst in others. It's a test of character, for individuals and nations.

— David Ignatius

Shows should just be able to be shows without hyphenating their lead characters.

— George Lopez

It is a strength of character to acknowledge our failings and our strong points, and it is a weakness of character not…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer…

— Clive Owen

I thought my character definitely was very much in love with him and wanted to be with him, but I think at…

— Rosario Dawson

I think in terms of a career trajectory, it's good for people to be reminded that, in spite of seeing me a…

— Simon Helberg

To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people.

— James Monroe

“My mother once said, 'If you come across a man with more than one personality, you can be sure he's looking for…

— Anonymous

I try to play characters who are different from myself, so I feel like this character is someone who is really different.…

— Ryan Gosling

The idea that war should be conducted within a moral framework may seem like a quaint medieval practice, but as speech separates…

— Anonymous

With any television series - and it's something that is taken for granted with movies because you have the whole arc within…

— Rashida Jones

I liked the idea that my character was not gonna be the typical dumb guy that I play, typically. I also loved…

— Jim Gaffigan

“For me, this is exactly what’s so pernicious about the morality of debt: the way that financial imperatives constantly try to reduce…

— David Graeber

“Glorious Destinations Are Safeguarded With the Right Person When we enter life with an incorrect and unjust partner, we can no longer…

— Jan Jansen Easy Branches

The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the…

— Uta Hagen

Without moral progress, stimulated by faith in God, immorality in all its forms will proliferate and strangle goodness and human decency. Mankind…

— James E. Faust

Universities are fantastic places to gain knowledge on a subject, develop a personal network, explore your character and learn new techniques to…

— Richard Branson

Even though the play [ The Best Man] was written a long time ago, the characters seem modern and their struggles to…

— Chris Hart

But in action, one defies one's character.

— Daniel Bell

Costume really helps you feel in character.

— Ncuti Gatwa

Zeal,when it is a virtue,is a dangerous one

— Russyb

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

— Sophocles

There is nothing meritorious but virtue and friendship.

— Alexander Pope

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

He was a crystal of morality among our scientists.

— Nikita Khrushchev

Kane has always been sort of a dark character.

— Kane