Character Quotes

A wise and an understanding heart.

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting things he has got.

Indecision is like a stepchild: if he doesn't wash his hands he is called dirty if he does he is wasting the water.

Tis e'er the wont of simple folk to prize the deed and overlook the motive and of learned folk to discount the deed and lay open the soul of the doer.

Learn to say 'No' it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it the tree is the real thing.

Every man in the world is better than some one else. And not as good as some one else.

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.

A person's reputation is a mixture of what his friends enemies and relatives say behind his back.

He's an honest man - you could shoot craps with him over the telephone.

The man whose conscience never troubles him must have it pretty well trained.

Conscience is a treacherous thing and mine behaves badly whenever there is a serious danger of being found out.

Too often when conscience tries to speak the line seems to be busy.

Generous people are rarely mentally ill people.

When wealth is lost nothing is lost When health is lost something is lost When character is lost all is lost!

Every one is as God made him and often a great deal worse.

The great hope of society is individual character.

You must look into people as well as at them.

Talent is nurtured in solitude character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

O Douglas O Douglas! Tender and true.

Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take away with us.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng But in ourselves are triumph and defeat.

Who knows nothing base Fears nothing known.

In men whom men condemn as ill I find so much of goodness still In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot I do not dare to draw a line Between the two where God has not.

Endure the pain, overcome the hurt.

The most important criterion is this: hire someone whose character and humility and attitude you would like to have reproduced in your church and in yourself.

Johnny Colt is a character, and most people in Lynyrd Skynyrd are characters, so he fits in great with us. He's got an attitude, man, and I love it, and that's what we need.

My character in 'OK OK' has a lot of attitude, and it is an interesting one.

As I wrote, I found that Aibileen had some things to say that really weren't in her character. She was older, soft-spoken, and she started showing some attitude.

You've got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is, what they're like, what kind of attitude they have, what sort of role they play.

The great hope of society is in individual character.

Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.

You have to respect who the character is. It has its own internal truth, and you can't betray that. And if you don't betray that, it will not betray you.

My preparation for roles are less about the character's profession than who they are, what their dreams are, and in what way are they childish.

With any character I play, I gravitate to the juxtaposition and humor.

There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor.

I read the script and decide if a particular character looks fun to play. I look for complexity and a sense of humor. Those are crucial, real things to life.

Reilly Brown is a master of balancing action, humor, and extreme violence, and his character designs for some of the alien races and technology that we encounter is just amazing.

Failure's not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger.

No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.

When I realized that if I was an actor, I could be any character I wanted instead of just one particular, I was like, 'Wow, that's cool.'

Ngila Dixon is such an incredible costume designer. She's such a cool, stylish woman. She has such an understanding of character.

So, it's cool that, yes, Hal Jordan is a superhero, but my character is a real-world hero in her own life.

It's just a really cool deal to be a character in 'WWE 2K17.' Whether it's competing on Nitro or Halloween Havoc, to have me as an available character... it's a tribute.

It's cool to be a female character who gets to be really strong and tough.

When I started playing music, I was more of a character. Now I'm just me with a cool outfit on. I'm more comfortable being myself.

Storytelling is about two things it's about character and plot.

Most people think the character I do onstage is the way I am offstage, but I'm just a regular guy who spends time with his family and who turns on the television and watches a lot of sports.

A sports writer is a stylist of some kind. He is trying to convey mood and character and emotion.