Character Quotes · Page 420

I used to break glasses and punch people in 'Ek Hasina Thi,' but it was all pardoned as my character was negative.

— Vatsal Sheth

“Community service has become a patch for morality. You can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck.”

— Timothy Keller

Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour.

— Gichin Funakoshi

Now virtue may not always be its own reward, but in any case it is not usually bought and paid for at…

— Kenneth Arrow

To argue about justice is unavoidably to argue about virtues, about substantive moral and even spiritual questions.

— Michael Sandel

“A person who actually has a high self-worth is able to look at the negative parts of his character frankly—”

— Mark Manson

A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

— Mahatma Gandhi

There is nothing quite like the moral absolutism of the young." -Hodge

— Cassandra Clare

When I think of character actors, I think of Spencer Tracy; I think of Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall. When I was a…

— Eddie Marsan

It must not be thought that the cowardly feeling of caution and uneasy self-preservation is innate in the English character. It is…

— Alexander Herzen

From the outset, however, this whole controversy has been plagued by tacit assumptions, very often of a philosophical rather than a physical…

— David Bohm

The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in…

— Viggo Mortensen

Before we can even begin to grapple with the frustrations and tragedies of life in this world, we must do away with…

— Tullian Tchividjian

I'm a character actress, and my particular brand is more mature, so I had to wait until my age caught up with…

— Jane Lynch

I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my…

— Francesca Annis

The largely objective character of beauty is further indicated by the fact that to a considerable extent beauty is the expression of…

— Havelock Ellis

“You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give... You will find that people forget the…

— W. Somerset Maugham

I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey.' That's the thing I thing many people would have a good laugh with me…

— Ari Graynor

I often think of setting as an important character in my story. 'Dark Powers' takes place in Doncaster, a Maryland Eastern Shore…

— Ruth Glick

“Using Maslow’s insights, you can define higher-level values appropriate to your message, brand, and audience. Then, using what we learn from Joseph…

— Jonah Sachs

There is, however, a moral basis for the vegetarian diet for which the indeterminate value of an animal's life takes on irrelevance.…

— Howard Lyman

Good story' means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task...But the love of a…

— Robert McKee

We build our character from the bricks of habit we pile up day by day.

— Zig Ziglar

Take care of your character because character will define your dignity.

— Anonymous

It's wonderful when you can play a character that pulls all sorts of strings inside of you and fills you emotionally.

— Jane Kaczmarek

“People have set moral standards for me my entire life, yet they have always left off the ones that they couldn’t keep.”

— Shannon L. Alder

No, I feel like my personality probably influenced the character, more than the character influenced me.

— Sara Gilbert

I don't find myself in moral turmoil. I'm not given to turmoil of any kind.

— Malcolm Turnbull

True beauty cannot be seen from the outside, it must be found within the soul of your love

— Anonymous

“Everyone should experience a wrong accusation…if only to learn how not to be quick to accuse another.”

— Chukuwuneta Oby

I wind up playing these characters a lot: They have self-esteem issues, or they're going through a lot as a young adult.

— Barrett Wilbert Weed

I am me. I've always been a character, and my character's story lives into pro wrestling.

— Matt Riddle

You always hope that people will fall in love with the characters you play, the way you do yourself.

— Jared Harris

Each role, I feel like takes you on a different journey based on who that character is.

— Mark Ruffalo

The blueprint of your character is your day by day choice, what you choose, what you think and what you do is…

— London Mond

My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

For me, clothes are kind of character; I don't follow fashion or understand trends.

— Meryl Streep

Surrender to sensuality paralyzes the powers of the moral person.

— Josef Pieper