Character Quotes · Page 44

History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the…

— Washington Irving

There is a material advancement; we desire it. There is, also, a moral grandeur; we hold fast to it.

— Victor Hugo

Virtue often trips and falls over the sharp edge of poverty.

— Eugene Sue

To see my brother, see my friends, I think it builds character for me, just being accountable for myself.

— Frances Tiafoe

With every character that I've ever played, I felt like I just understood the way that she thought and how she was.

— Josephine Langford

“That morality—which some people imagine is God-given and eternal—is as malleable and learned as our ideas of beauty, our enemies, our fashion…

— Jo Nesbø

Obviously, there will be different character traits in the dressing room, but I'm there to bring happiness and a smile.

— Jesse Lingard

I like risky parts - abrasive characters the audience won't necessarily like.

— Tim Curry

I like jokes and one-liners. I enjoy entertaining and making people laugh, being the funny man. But when I'm launched into unfamiliar…

— Keith Flint

First, there's the job - where the goal is simply to earn a living and support your family. Then there's the career…

— Robert Bella

We are put in situations to build our character... not destroy us.

— Nick Vujicic

Vices are ingredients of virtues just as poisons are ingredients of remedies. Prudence mixes and tempers them and uses them effectively against…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“A relationship built on lies and trickery will not last; only truthfulness can uphold a relationship”

— idowu koyenikan

“Leadership is built on true character! You lose your leadership when you fake your character. The degree of leadership potential a person…

— Israelmore Ayivor

There should always be that leeway because if you think of your character as sort of absolutely fixed, then you just try…

— Lenny Abrahamson

As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger,"…

— Al Gore

Socialist writers are made of sterner stuff than those who only let their characters steeplechase through trouble in order to comeout first…

— Christina Stead

I love Ron Howard, he's a wonderful director, incredibly prepared. But I have to criticize my performance in that movie. It all…

— Glenn Close

Maybe you have to live under cover for a while before you can find your true character.

— Hugo Hamilton

When I was a kid, I'd create my own movies at home. I'd record myself doing a scene, then stop the camera,…

— Meagan Tandy

It doesn't happen all the time, but in the moments where you really lose yourself and you fall into this character, it's…

— Brit Marling

Courage is the enabling virtue for any philosopher - for any human being, I think, in the end. Courage to think, courage…

— Cornel West

I always talk about my characters like they're real people.

— Dakota Fanning

I always respected Luke Cage and thought that he was interesting, and I really liked what Brian Michael Bendis did in his…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters.

— Anne Frank