Character Quotes

Choose your words carefully. They reveal your inner character.

Humility is as good for the soul as it is for the memory

To know the good from the bad, measure the heart. Actions reveal the true coloring of one's heart, not their intentions.

Adversity gives you the opportunity to exhibit godly character.

There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory.

You could know a man not by what his friends said about him, but by how he treated his servants.

He whines, he complains, he ducks out of the most obvious responsibility. He is vain, petty and maddening, but he doesn't ever quit.

Towns are like people. Old ones often have character, the new ones are interchangeable.

People adjust their behavior to fit the society they live in. They integrate because they have to. But what they are on the inside doesn't change.

Mrs. Hopewell had no bad qualities of her own but she was able to use other people's in such a constructive way that she never felt the lack.

It's not what you do but that kind of job you do that makes the difference.

Anyone that has character leaves a mark on another. Would you like to leave the world without making a ripple?

A man who is good from docility, and not from stern self-control, has no character.

He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared to overcome his character to achieve it.

One of the Christian's biggest fears is appearing 'too Christian'. God forbid, because that's often characterized as god-awful! We want to be one, but without being 'one of them'.

A man's worth can be judged through those who dislike him.

Love it when a compelling new character kicks open your mental door, tracks mud across your brain, and props their feet up on your cerebrum.

You have to be somebody before you can share yourself.

The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.

You will know who truly loves you when you ask them to do an uncoventional favor.

In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character.

You must learn to be three people at once: writer, character, and reader.

I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally.

I feel like you can't get an audience to like your character if she's actually cool, but you can if she's trying to be cool and sometimes fails.

I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.

A favorite film of mine is 'Office Space' and I love 'The Hangover.' That is a really good comedy from character in that film, and that is true of 'Office Space' too.

There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.

Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!

At a young age, I was interested in comic books, which was really how I learnt to read. The name Cage came from a comic book character called Power Man.

Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.

I do believe at the end of the night when you're with your family, the character gets hung up on the door like a coat, and is there to be taken on the next morning.

I try really hard to give my kids as much independence as I can, caring mostly about their character: Are they kind? Generous? Do they work hard?

It's always difficult to say goodbye, especially when one has spent a long time - literally years, in the case of a series - inside a character or two, suffering and celebrating with them.

Every single job is a challenge. You are walking into a new set, a new character, creating a world and trying to get comfortable to do your best work.

I'm just really thankful to have the chance to portray a character you don't see every day.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.

You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.

I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.

God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.

Well, I'm not a method actress by any stretch of the imagination so the best thing that I can do is be as real as possible and find whatever commonality in that character that I can see myself.

It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing.

London has always provided the landscape for my imagination. It becomes a character - a living being - within each of my books.

51st State was one that I loved doing because the character was so out there, and in a way I was sad to leave the character behind. I'm afraid I could never be that cool in real life!

Country was about character. Country's changed because of monsters like Clear Channel who bought up all the stations and sliced them up into formats. Our demographic is now the soccer mom.

My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.

One of the most obvious parts of my character is the smile, and if I wasn't comfortable in myself then I wouldn't be able to smile so much.

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

A lot of people think I'm that guy in 'Betsy's Wedding', but I'm not. What it is for me is that, on some level, I connect with the character emotionally.

My dad is a much more flamboyant character than I am. I think that's why I couldn't see myself going into straight acting. I always just felt daft.