Character Quotes · Page 191

God uses prayer to educate His people and to produce holiness of character in them.

— Harold Lindsell

I guess my training at NSD helped for I had developed a habit of building up my character and getting intense.

— Rohini Hattangadi

The book tells you everything you need to know. The book is the map of the world that you're in with the…

— Gary Oldman

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

— Buddha

The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people.

— Ethel Wilson

Looks and age determine whether you play leading ladies or characters. And I'm very happy playing character parts.

— Agnes Moorehead

As Angelo discovered in Measure for Measure, nothing corrupts like virtue.

— Germaine Greer

Trying to identify and understand, as opposed to judging, is very important for me, in approaching characters.

— Michael Fassbender

Miranda is extremely tacky. I personally want to edit my videos well, but I have to keep Miranda's character in mind, so…

— Colleen Ballinger

I've been doing this 17 years but I can tell you I have more websites now than I have ever had devoted…

— Robert Patrick

If you can walk into a set and feel the reality of it, then immediately you're not having to work to bring…

— Jerome Flynn

I think I gravitate towards characters who are slight outsiders. It's fun to play a character that wants so badly to be…

— Zach Woods

“Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the…

— Suzy Kassem

I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who has totally cured me of the fatal disease of egotism. Glorious and great are…

— Guru Gobind Singh

Actors look for characters. If they read a well-written character, and if they think the director's not an idiot, they're going to…

— Andrew Dominik

Trees die from the top”. No one should ever become a strategist unless he or she is willing to have his or…

— Peter Drucker

I like characters like Ignatius Reilly in 'A Confederacy of Dunces' and Ricky Gervais's character in 'The Office.' They think one thing…

— Stephan Pastis

I'm just trying to write a good story, strictly from imagination. People just think it's random, they don't see the rewriting, phrasing…

— Eric Jerome Dickey

The good thing about rules is if you have to do an interview, and you make some rules for that interview, like,…

— Johan Philip Asbaek

And it interferes with your ability to be a good actress if you're constantly aware of yourself as a person. To me,…

— Meryl Streep

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. Do not let what…

— John Wooden

I want each character to be as unique as possible. I want them to reflect something of who they are in the…

— Jesmyn Ward

There is no single test or formula for producing moral progress anymore than there is for generating scientific truths. It is a…

— Catherine Wilson

All the particular moral judgments we intuitively make are likely to derive from discarded religious systems, from warped views of sex and…

— Peter Singer

For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values.

— Rupert Murdoch

Apparently, the city of Delhi is a 'character' in my novels. I'd argue that it's a ... city... in my novels.

— Karan Mahajan

It is fun to play someone who likes everyone and is liked by most people, or is at least tolerated.

— Lolly Adefope

Character and intelligence are the poles you talent spins on, displaying your gifts.

— Baltasar Gracian

I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.

— Clive Owen

You can change your character and, at the same time, change your fortune.

— Herbie Hancock

All my work's been disguise, really: hiding behind the character.

— David Jason

People seem to sometimes have a difficulty drawing that line between the character and the person.

— Clark Duke

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Virtue in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason.

— Laozi

Each character you play has its own set of characteristics, for want of a better word.

— Douglas Booth

After playing such a strong character like Aditi Singh in 'Godha,' I was keen to play strong roles in Malayalam.

— Wamiqa Gabbi

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

As a kid, I drew cartoon characters and comic book heroes. Spiderman and the X-Men were my favorites.

— Kadir Nelson

“Freedom requires virtues it does not produce and may even help undermine.”

— Michael Gerson

Society has sacrificed its virtues to the Goddess of Getting Along.

— John Ruskin