Character Quotes

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.

No sir. The first thing is character.

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

I find that, maybe because I'm also a singer, I hear music in characters all the time, even if they don't sing. I hear what affects me in my heart.

The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.

I've made mistakes but the beauty of life is that each regret builds character and makes us a better person

The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature, as from habit, custom, and education.

I never want to be winking at the audience and saying, "This character is really a nice guy."

This Moses, I say, this man of old time, whose existence and character you are trying to elucidate, matters to nobody but scholars like you.

As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.

'Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes.

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.

What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful

I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type.

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!

Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.

We judge our own character by our best intentions and most noble acts, but we will be judged by our last worst act.

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

Character consists of the moral awareness and strength to know the good, love the good and do the good.

The best part of the character and quality of the leader is expressing who you are in the work you do and how you do it.

Contradictions in human character are one of its most consistent notes.

Consumers no longer want only a great product - they want to buy products from companies that align with their own character and values.

It seems reasonable to expect that beauty will emerge from a fusion of the individual character and culture of the potter,with the nature of his materials.

I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.

Man scans with scrupulous care the character and pedigree of his horses, cattle, and dogs before he matches them; but when he comes to his own marriage he rarely, or never, takes any such care.

May we continue to remember not to judge man by the color of his skin, but the content of his character.

What makes a strong female character is a character who has weaknesses, who has flaws, who is maybe not immediately likable, but eventually relatable.

Since I do seven different styles of martial arts, I don't foresee myself fighting the same in any two movies. I think every fighting style should fit the character that's doing the fighting.

Silence is the cornerstone of character.

It's my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit.

Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.

The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?

Success needs vision to see, passion to transcend, patience to withstand and the character to overcome failures.

All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It's fun, and it's fun because it's hard.

What's all this fuss about plutonium? How can something named after a Disney character be dangerous?

We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a democratic society.

For me, I really feel like a character when I look like them.

I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. It's very character-building.

Every role affects an actor a little bit. There's always a little chunk of a character that stays left over in your heart.

If you pass something every day and it has a little character, it begins to intrigue you.

Character, like porcelain-ware, must be painted before it is glazed. There can be no change of color after it is burned in.

It seemed to me that it was possible to translate light, forms, and character using nothing but color, without recourse to values.

Have you not observed that faith is generally strongest in those whose character may be called the weakest?

The beginning is the most important part...for that is the time character is being formed.