Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

[Geology] may be looked upon as the history of the earth's changes during preparation for the reception of organized beings, a history, which has all… — Edward Forbes
The fascination of any search after truth lies not in the attainment, which at best is found to be very relative, but in the pursuit,… — Unknown Author
Whether a character in your novel is full of choler, bile, phlegm, blood or plain old buffalo chips, the fire of life is in there,… — James Alexander Thom
An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on which to draw… — Arthur Lowe
If there is a trait which does characterize leaders it is opportunism. Successful people are very often those who steadfastly refuse to be daunted by… — John Viney
There is a certain blend of courage, integrity, character and principle which has no satisfactory dictionary name but has been called different things at different… — Louis Adamic
Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind, independent of the prevalent one… — Albert Schweitzer
The death of a single human being is too heavy a price for the vindication of any principle, however sacred. — Daniel Berrigan
These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition adds… — Samuel Johnson
We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when… — Desmond Tutu
A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe. — Euripides
Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches. — St. Catherine of Siena
Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic, throng the coward and the meek who see the world's… — Ralph Chaplin
Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their… — William Bourke Cockran
The bad man is the man who no matter how good he has been is beginning to deteriorate, to grow less good. The good man… — John Dewey
For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of the wrong. — Henry George
My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism… — Kurt Cobain
It is not the same thing if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre or if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre, Nobel Prize winner. A writer must refuse to… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. — J C Watts
What characters do must grow out of who they are, and who they are is, in turn, influenced by what you make happen to them. — Nancy Kress
Remember, the essence of storytelling demands that we place our main characters on a path. A quest with something at stake, with something to do,… — Larry Brooks
When introducing a character, you're usually better off sticking with broad strokes. The important thing at that point is not what color hair someone has… — Unknown Author
Characters aren't a fling. They aren't a one-night stand. Getting to know them takes time and hard work. It takes excessive free writes and multiple… — Unknown Author
It seems to me that most good protagonists are both clever and resourceful. They are intelligent and can fix things, both little and big. They… — Unknown Author
Changers are characters who alter in significant ways as a result of the events of your story. They learn something or grow into better or… — Nancy Kress

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