Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

Trees die from the top”. No one should ever become a strategist unless he or she is willing to have his or her character serve… — Peter Drucker
There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you're miserable and working out. — Brad Meltzer
Steve Forman strafes the south Florida scene with Boca Knights, an outrageously funny mystery novel with a raft of offbeat characters and prose that moves… — Douglas Preston
For every one step that you take in the pursuit of higher knowledge, take three steps in the perfection of your own character — Rudolf Steiner
Your personal core values define who you are, and a company's core values ultimately define the company's character and brand. For individuals, character is destiny.… — Tony Hsieh
The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what… — David O. Russell
Writing is work, but it's also a compulsion, and once you get your characters on paper, you can't abandon them. You have to respond to… — Rosamunde Pilcher
There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character. — John C. Maxwell
That's what makes a character interesting from an actor's perspective - the more screwed up, the better — Jeri Ryan
I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while — Jeri Ryan
Truthfulness is the main element of character. — Brian Tracy
A business, successful or not, is merely a reflection of the character of its leadership. — S. Truett Cathy
I believe no amount of business school training or work experience can teach what is ultimately a matter of personal character. Businesses are not dishonest… — S. Truett Cathy
Knowledge is essential to conquest; only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment. — Annie Besant
The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true… — Anne Frank
There is nothing ugly in art except that which is without character, that is to say, that which offers no outer or inner truth. — Auguste Rodin
If the artist only reproduces superficial features as photography does, if he copies the lineaments of a face exactly, without reference to character, he deserves… — Auguste Rodin
In short, Beauty is everywhere. It is not that she is lacking to our eye, but our eyes which fail to perceive her. Beauty is… — Auguste Rodin
A mediocre man copying nature will never produce a work of art, because he really looks without seeing, and though he may have noted each… — Auguste Rodin
Unless education promotes character making, unless it helps men to be more moral, more just to their fellows, more law abiding, more discriminatingly patriotic and… — William Howard Taft
A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated… — August Strindberg
True faith takes its character and quality from its object. Its strength therefore depends on the character of Christ. Even those of us who have… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
Whether you can see it or not - and often we cannot - everything is being used of God for your good as well as… — James Montgomery Boice
Without the Holy Spirit, Christian discipleship would be inconceivable, even impossible. There can be no life without the life-giver, no understanding without the Spirit of… — John Stott
We walk into the future in God-glorifying confidence, not because the future is known to us but because it is known to God. And that's… — Kevin DeYoung

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