Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

There's one thing everyone should understand: I like my character. — Dennis Rodman
We've got very few bodies right now so we were tired, but we've also got a lot of character and we want to win. — Steve Nash
It has always seemed to me that any man is a better man for being a hunter. This sport confers a certain constant alertness, and… — Archibald Rutledge
Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it's you, and I think that's what the audience is really interested in... you, how… — Gregory Peck
I've got a funny old face. Someone described it once, and I think they were being kind, as character. But I know what they mean!… — Cate Blanchett
There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion. — Benjamin Jowett
Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an alcoholic, then the… — Stephen Vizinczey
I called my cat William because no shorter name fits the dignity of his character. Poor old man, he has fits now, so I call… — Josh Billings
Persistence is the great measure of individual human character. — Brian Tracy
People who wish to salute the free and independent side of their evolutionary character acquire cats. People who wish to pay homage to their servile… — Anna Quindlen
King old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always to to a good man, they say. — Virginia Woolf
We may convert every house in the country into a charity asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but the misery of man will… — Swami Vivekananda
If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. — Stephen Covey
Trust in the inexhaustible character of the murmur. — Andre Breton
Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he… — Joseph Campbell
The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. — Heraclitus
The only thing that endures is character. Fame and wealth-all that is illusion. All that endures is character. — O J Simpson
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the… — Heraclitus
She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners. — Louisa May Alcott
Of Cooking. This is an art of various forms, the object of which is to give ordinary observations the appearance and character of those of… — Charles Babbage
I've always been inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, who articulated his Dream of an America where people are judged not by skin color but… — Steven Chu
Reason must approach nature with the view, indeed, of receiving information from it, not, however, in the character of a pupil, who listens to all… — Immanuel Kant
What stories are new? All types of all characters march through all fables. — William Makepeace Thackeray
The millions of dollars which we devote every year to high-school education are, for the most part, money spent for the retarding of intelligence, the… — Bernard Iddings Bell

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