Character Quotes · Page 407

What we do in public determines our reputation; what we do in private determines our character.

— Max Anders

Suffering is arguably God's choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us.

— Joni Eareckson Tada

I think it is extremely interesting to think that, in some cases, vice might be, finally, more redemptive than virtue.

— Katy Lederer

Conduct is the grand test of character. Words are one great evidence of the condition of the heart.

— J. C. Ryle

You never want to play too vampiric or generically evil, so you look for emotions or character traits that you can relate…

— Joseph Morgan

I love playing a character who has an adversary she can go one-on-one with.

— Constance Zimmer

In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.

— Rainbow Rowell

The man who is always fortunate cannot easily have a great reverence for virtue.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Religious liberalism affirms the moral obligation to direct one's effort toward the establishment of a just and *loving* community.

— James Luther Adams

“The poor man is incapacitated from showing the virtue of generosity to anyone, though he may possess it in the highest degree;…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

All that matters to me as a reader are characters. I want characters to be real, authentic, and rounded. I will be…

— Matt de la Pena

Tom [Cruise] is a great producer himself. He's got great sense of story. It's always great to have the perspective of the…

— Joseph Kosinski

I just want to keep finding special characters that I feel like I can bring to life and characters that are real…

— Aubrey Plaza

In a militia, the character of the laborer, artificer, or tradesman, predominates over that of the soldier: in a standing army, that…

— Adam Smith

Narrative and characters have always interested me. I never tried to alienate an audience. Of course, gradually, I wanted a bigger and…

— Miranda July

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he…

— Charles de Gaulle

“Morality is like defecation. When you have the urge to defecate, do you ask an intellectual, what it is like to feel…

— Abhijit Naskar

“A moral compass can convince you that all the answers are obvious (even when they’re not); that there is a bright line…

— Anonymous

Immoral: Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient…

— Ambrose Bierce

I wish to say seriously to all the daily newspapers, to the Republicans, the Democrat, and Socialist parties, that they cannot, month…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I don't beat at the details, but I do always keep in mind that anything that isn't A) moving the story forward…

— Jim Shepard

I suppose I walk that line between comedy and cruelty because I think one illuminates the other. We're all cruel, aren't we?…

— Martin McDonagh

With all due respect to 'The Vampire Diaries,' doing the same thing, over and over again, for essentially five years straight, it…

— Paul Wesley

These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or…

— Abigail Adams

God's Word is true whether we believe it or not. Human unbelief cannot alter the character of God.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

I love getting into physical shape for a film; it makes me feel more like what the character needs to be.

— Liam Hemsworth

I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

— Peter Fonda

May every man is not the architect of his own fortune; but every man is the architect of his own character.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

To be good and disagreeable is high treason against the royalty of virtue.

— Hannah More

I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able…

— Richard Armitage

Now, playing a love interest can be really thrilling, if you're working opposite thrilling people.

— Kristin Scott Thomas

Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God

— Jerry Bridges

“Perception of personal danger very often set people on the path of virtue.”

— Donna Leon

I have a dream that the day will come when a man is judged by the content of his character and not…

— Martin Luther King

Working with George Miller was an education. It was eight college degrees in character development and directing all at once.

— Cory Barlog

You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.

— Jacki Weaver

Every actress hopes to play a wide range of characters because not often you dont.

— Megalyn Echikunwoke

Good Web design is about the character of the content, not the character of the designer.

— Jeffrey Zeldman

“Sometimes what appears to be a difficult ethical quandary is simply the product of ignorance about your options.”

— John Kroger

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

— James Allen