Character Quotes · Page 187

“A GOOD man values his INTEGRITY and CHARACTER. NEVER deal with one that has no SELF RESPECT!”

— L. Michelle

I love the wilder, more outlandish characters that are hard to make believable. Those are the ones I want to play.

— Allison Janney

I don't think 'Profit' is devoid of morality. He's just on a different plane than the rest of us.

— Adrian Pasdar

Call it a character flaw -- when under attack, I counter attack. Always.

— Richard Marcinko

Follow the way of virtue. Follow the way joyfully through this world and on beyond.

— Gautama Buddha

Preaching Christian salvation is to preach moral absolutes. Hollywood no likey.

— Steven Crowder

Failure and missteps help refine your character and make you wiser.

— Chad Gilbert

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Men neglect the duties incumbent on man, yet are treated like demi-gods; religion is also separated from morality by a ceremonial veil,…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

The character of a whole society is the cumulative result of countless small actions, day in and day out, of millions of…

— Duane Elgin

What can possibly be the common factor in a Kim Jee-woon film? I think what really ties a lot of my projects…

— Kim Ji-woon

I don't think I'm good enough to bring alive the character of my mother, even if it is on screen. Besides, my…

— Pooja Bedi

I'm not a trained actor. I have neither read acting books nor gone to acting school. But I have certain fundamentals on…

— Vikrant Massey

In the Marvel world, some characters have similar powers. Initially some people might bump up against it, but if they really looked…

— Lauren Shuler Donner

Each director is different. Clint Eastwood and Chris Nolan are completely different, and I need to adjust to the story and character…

— Ken Watanabe

I didn't think I grafted the competitive and strong-willed versions of myself from 'Korea's Next Top Model' to Sae-byeok's character. But thinking…

— HoYeon Jung

“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds; and until we know what has been or will be the…

— Marian Evans

Usually I'm pretty myopic. It's hard for me to multi-task, so to speak. If I'm in a show and I'm creating a…

— Idina Menzel

No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral…

— Barry Lopez

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the…

— Thomas Carlyle

“One of the most pernicious effects of religion is that it tends to divorce morality from the reality of human and animal…

— Sam Harris

The rewards of integrity are immeasurable. One is the indescribable inner peace and serenity that come from knowing we are doing what…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

“Society will always do better where citizens have a belief in justice, honour and private morality. Where individuals are reduced to the…

— Cory Bernardi

I think we take for granted police officers and detectives that walk into some pretty heinous situations, and they really have to…

— George Eads

And what's interesting about him as a comic character is that the custard pie hardly ever ends up on his face.

— Rowan Atkinson

We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is

— Joan D. Chittister

Copiousness and simplicity, variety and unity, constitute real greatness of character.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing

— Blaise Pascal

It is worthy of note that the Chinese and Japanese characters for money and gold are the same.

— Donald Miller

“[...] the state is not immoral but amoral; half of it exists outside morality”

— Jacques Barzun

If a character's suddenly spouting information that's supposed to bring you up to date, it can seem artificial or contrived.

— Naveen Andrews

You can write and write, but if you don't have someone who can nail that character, it's never going to live.

— Jamie Hewlett

“Morals and medicine warred within his breast, and medicine won the day- but I dare say morals may give him a sleepless…

— Georgette Heyer

“The ancient teaching of Tao tells us that knowing what you really are is wisdom, and living it is virtue.”

— Ilchi Lee

I feel it's important to familiarize yourself with the world that the character inhabits.

— Rasika Dugal

My job is to allow the character to live and breathe - and become as real to the reader as he or…

— Francine Rivers

If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written.

— Samuel Johnson

All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

— Alphonse Karr

Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership.

— John C. Maxwell

I just want to challenge myself and play some different characters.

— Bridgit Mendler