Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts. — Gautama Buddha
Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community - the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study. — Timothy Keller
You can't develop character by reading books. You develop it from conflict. — Leonard Ravenhill
It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in… — Socrates
I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst. — Kabir
And once we have given our community a good start,' I pointed out, ' the process will be cumulative. By maintaining a sound system of… — Plato
I think all writers are always collecting characters as we go along. Not just characters of course, we're collecting EVERYTHING. Bits and pieces of story.… — Unknown Author
Developing a character with genuine depth requires a focus on not just desire but how the character deals with frustration of her desires, as well… — David Corbett
It's not enough to picture their outward appearance. Give them a background and sphere of influence. — Jordan Dane
The thing I do at the beginning is a "voice journal," a free form doc that is the character speaking to me. I just work… — James Scott Bell
The "difficult" female character can-and will-do the shocking, the unexpected and, as a consequence, will give your story an immediate jolt of energy. She is… — Jane Heller
It's relatively easy to create an ambiguous character. Any conglomeration of likable and unlikeable traits, chosen at random, will result in an ambiguous character. Getting… — Matt Bird
Characterization requires a constant back-and-forth between the exterior events of the story and the inner life of the character. — David Corbett
The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit... archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character. — Kristan Higgins
An intuitive grasp of your character is formed by exploring scenes of profound emotional import-moments of overwhelming shame, joy, fear, pride, regret, forgiveness. — David Corbett
Give your hero a strong simple reason that he or she has to solve the problem right now. — Matt Bird
The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time… — Plato
It is not within the character of a believer to curse, to damn, to speak or act improperly. — Muhammad
It's not hard to read about death abstractly. I do find it tough when a character I love dies, of course. You can truly miss… — Will Schwalbe
Nothing on earth in fiction is less interesting than characters under the influence of alcohol. — John L'Heureux
We are all inspired by the incredible stories of handicapped people who write novels with their toes, cancer victims who run marathons for cancer research,… — Danah Zohar
What I enjoy most are those times when I get an idea and it just flows - the words coming so fast that I'm scribbling… — Leah Cypess
A child can identify with adult characters- but only if they are sympathetically drawn and simple enough. — Unknown Author
What is better adapted than the festive use of wine in the first place to test and in the second place to train the character… — Plato
Voting in particular is an embarrassment, being a public display of weak character and low intelligence. Let us face the truth: Democracy, like spitting in… — Fred Reed

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