Character Quotes · Page 182

A difficulty journey is more revealing of character than any discussion or analysis.

— Michael Treanor

Concern for morality makes every work of the imagination false and stupid.

— Gustave Flaubert

We never realized how much money there was to be found in character products.

— William Hanna

Only a moral education based on free inner discipline can bring to bear a salutary action and lead to a true morality.

— African Spir

I like characters that are fragile and a little bit on the edge .

— Zach Galifianakis

I'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people.

— Anson Mount

I did a TV show that didn't last on ABC called 'The Zero Hour,' and my character was working at a magazine.

— Scott Michael Foster

“Better spend time working hard to maintain your good habits because you may look for time to recover it but to no…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Your looks will introduce you, but your character and personality will make them to like you,love you and they would want to…

— De philosopher DJ kyos

Great learning and superior abilities...will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.

— Abigail Adams

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as…

— Esther Williams

It was really fascinating for everyone involved in 'Fargo' that Marge Gunderson became the iconic character she did. I think it was…

— Frances McDormand

Being misjudged and having my character stereotyped no longer discourages me; it's just fuel and inspiration to prove others wrong.

— Anonymous

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as…

— Anonymous

God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your…

— Rick Warren

“Regardless of the trends we see in the deterioration of morality, respect, and values, wise people will still strive to take the…

— Susan C. Young

When I read something, first I have an instinctual, emotional response to it. But of course, acting isn't only just feeling an…

— Joan Allen

I don't think you can create culture and develop core values during great times. I think it's when the company faces adversity…

— Jensen Huang

I never... it's a hard thing: when I think about projects, I don't come off something and go, 'I really want to…

— Francis Lawrence

Republicans are people who, if you were drowning 50 feet from shore, would throw you a 25-foot rope and tell you to…

— S. I. Hayakawa

Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if…

— Rick Riordan

Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live-that productive work is the process by…

— Ayn Rand

I would point out that I'm an actress for a reason! If I were popular in high school, I would have considered…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

I can tell by my own reaction to it that this book is harmful." But let him only wait and perhaps one…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I know sage, wormwood, and hyssop, but I can't smell character unless it stinks.

— Edward Dahlberg

It's always fun to play a bad guy because you get more to do. It's more arch. There's more energy to throw…

— Matthew Lillard

Reputation is what men & women think about us; Character is what god and angels know of us.

— Thomas Paine

Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.

— Patrick Henry

There is genius as well in virtue as in intellect. 'Tis the doctrine of faith over works.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Stath Lets Flats' at its heart is a character comedy show about a family-run estate agents, but it's inspired by a real…

— Natasia Demetriou

Expressing political opinion can be a powerful way to establish a character's voice when writing fiction.

— Jen Lancaster

“You express the truth of your character with the choice of your actions.”

— Steve Maraboli

I always felt the true test of a man's character is how he treats people he can't use.

— Lee Corso

If you don't believe in God, then where is your moral barometer?

— Steve Harvey

I remember a time when people's actions used to speak a lot louder than their words. Then along came Facebook...

— Prince Shawn

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Being alone on stage without a character to hide behind has always terrified me but I've always been one for facing my…

— Carrie Hope Fletcher

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.

— James Russell Lowell

Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

— Quentin Crisp

Character is the aim of true education; and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish this desired end.

— David O. McKay