Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. — Jim Rohn
Music is a defining element of character. — Plato
I want the young people to pay attention because, see, back when I first met Barack, we started dating, he had everything going for him.… — Michelle Obama
Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad, a thousand ridiculous affects will invade… — Denis Diderot
You do not characterize by telling the reader about the character. You do it by showing the character thinking, speaking and acting in a characteristic… — Gene Wolfe
A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else. — Richard Hofstadter
The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with… — Richard Hofstadter
Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality. — Edward Albee
I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are… — Fanny Burney
The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent,… — Samuel Morse
It has become apparent that art can have a startling impact without really being or saying anything startling — or new. The character itself of… — Clement Greenberg
But keep characters in propinquity long enough and a story will always develop a plot. — Keith Miller
Sport, properly directed, develops character, makes a man courageous, a generous loser, and a gracious victor; it refines the senses, gives intellectual penetration, and steels… — Pope Pius XII
The 'Inside-Out' approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of… — Stephen Covey
When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have… — Charlotte Mary Yonge
Every man should be considered as having a right to the character which he deserves; that is, to be spoken of according to his actions. — James Mill
Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities… — Bertrand Russell
Good coaching may be defined as the development of character, personality and habits of players, plus the teaching of fundamentals and team play. — Clair Bee
That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up — Billy Gibbons
Thoughts mold your features. Thoughts lift your soul heavenward or drag you toward hell. … As nothing reveals character like the company we like and… — David O. McKay
If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves. — Joseph Smith, Jr.
You should at all times be showing a well-motivated character overcoming obstacles in pursuit of a goal. — James Frey
Well, I myself am a 100% atheist. And I am increasingly worried that the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, which dominates our entire life, is assuming a more… — Unknown Author
As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever… — Edward Gibbon

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