Character Quotes · Page 322

“Valor in the leader is often an expression of the leader's character, fortitude, grace, vulnerability, openness, and honesty.”

— Catherine Robinson-Walker

“And don’t forget, if you are very intelligent but load yourself with bad characters, nobody will follow you.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“There is no enemy that respect and love will not conquer. The moral authority for survival comes from respect.”

— Bryant McGill

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

— Michael Treanor

For me, and most actors I know, doing background research is an essential part of 'finding a character.'

— Rebecca Root

“Always beware of turning religion into metaphysics: Morality is its essence.”

— Voltaire

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

— Gustave Flaubert

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

— Zach Galifianakis

“Oskar showed that virtue emerged where it would, and the sort of churchy observance bishops called for was not a guarantee of…

— Thomas Keneally

The choices that make a significant difference in our lives are the tough ones. They're not often fun or easy, but they're…

— Alexandra Stoddard

When I was younger, I wanted to guard myself against criticism, so I did so much more work than was needed. Now,…

— Mackenzie Davis

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much…

— Lyman Beecher

I think television is really incredible because of the fact that you get to sit with a character for so, and the…

— Cristin Milioti

The country has been of better character since leaving the Buttes than E. of them, but has now a very fertile appearance.…

— George Mercer Dawson

Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of the assembly on earth: it is its…

— John Nelson Darby

The only difference is that religion is much better organized and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with…

— James Randi

A culture may be conceived as a network of beliefs and purposes in which any string in the net pulls and is…

— Jacques Barzun

I think there's something about supernatural shows that people see and just want to put me in them! I don't know. I…

— Colton Haynes

... Arthur Gride, whose bleared eyes gloated only over the outward beauties, and were blind to the spirit which reigned within, evinced…

— Charles Dickens

Acting isn't always about the amount of talent you have, or your ability to cry on command. The point is, how well…

— Shannon Purser

Even if you may be down to the worst, the best is potentially within you. You only have to find it, release…

— Norman Vincent Peale

God isn't interested in watching you enact some performance of personality in order to comply with some crackpot notion you have about…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I have this feeling of protectiveness over characters I want to play. I worry about them-if someone else gets the part, Im…

— Jennifer Lawrence

“I pass through this people and keep mine eyes open: they do not forgive me for do not envying their virtues. They…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

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

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

— Anson Mount

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

— Edward Dahlberg

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

— Israelmore Ayivor

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

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

— Patrick Henry

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

— Thomas Paine

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

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— Jen Lancaster

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

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

— Steve Maraboli

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

— Prince Shawn

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

— Steve Harvey

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

— Lee Corso