Character Quotes

A slave government is an oligarchy; and one, too, of the most arbitrary and criminal character.

We live in stories. What we are is stories. We do things because of what is called character, and our character is formed by the stories we learn to live in.

I think if you create well balanced characters that are well represented, boys and girls relate to them whether they're boys or girls.

Freedom and independence is my character.

I am only so beautiful as the character of my relationships, only so rich as I enrich those around me, only so alive as I enliven those I greet.

It is the quality and the character of the leader that determines the results and performance.

It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.

Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich.

Every man's own character is written so all who will may read it, in the expression of his eyes, the tone of his voice, the posture of his body, the style of his clothes, and the nature of his deeds!

I would never wish to say that I've finally waved goodbye to any character, it's just that the emphasis tends to shift.

Character is the aim of true education; and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish this desired end.

It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it's close

I worked on my voice for 'Sweet Dreams' but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.

Generally, if I can't be true to the creator's intention and spirit, I will probably shy away from working on a character.

Character is the result of hundreds and hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who you want to be.

Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.

I don't do special effects. I do characters. I do creatures.

The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.

Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.

Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are.

Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.

Listen to a man's words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.

Nothing comes easy when I'm in character, because everything I do in character, I take seriously.

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself.

Many of the twisted minds and crippled characters in the world were made by careless parents who kept their children away from knives and fires, but put permanent scars on their souls.

It was an amazing win and testament to the character of the team. From the position we were in it must be one of the greatest comebacks.

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.

The true measure of your character is what you would do if you were sure no one would ever find out.

Real faith never disappoints because it is in God, grounded on His character, promises, covenant and oath.

These characters were like twelve-bar blues or other chord progressions. Given the basic parameters of Batman, different creators could play very different music.

You can escape into a character.

In fashion, it’s always better to be an interesting person than a beautiful one. Character is much more fascinating than pure good looks.

Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble.

If I keep my good character, I shall be rich enough.

Worship is not something we "work up," it is something that "comes down" to us, from the character of God.

The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.

I guarantee you that two directors that are any good can take the same story, change the name of the characters, change the name of the town, and make an entirely different picture.

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.

I like cluttered, old, dark-wood antiques. I like character.

The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what's truly important.

To brag little, to lose well, / To crow gently if in luck, / To pay up, to own up, / To shut up if beaten, / Are the virtues of a sportingman.

Praise is well, compliment is well, but affection-that is the last and most precious reward that any man can win, whether by character or achievement.

I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character study movie.

What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.

People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out.

I don't invent characters because the Almightly has already invented millions... Just like experts at fingerprints do not create fingerprints but learn how to read them.

I think it's a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.