Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Votes: 7
Abraham LincolnCharacter is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. Votes: 6
Ralph Waldo EmersonA man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. Votes: 5
Mark TwainWhoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters Votes: 3
Albert EinsteinCharacter is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had. Votes: 3
Friedrich NietzscheA fi bun inseamna a fi in armonie cu tine insuti. Disonanta inseamna a fi in armonie cu altii Votes: 3
Oscar WildeBeing passionate about something is the most beautiful characteristic you can develop. Votes: 2
Charlotte ErikssonIf we women were particular about men's characters, we should never get married at all. Votes: 2
George Bernard ShawIt is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. Votes: 2
Mark TwainHang out with successful people and you'll acquiresuccess characters Votes: 1
Aniekee Tochukwu EzekielLeadership is about inspiration with character, not manipulation with position! Votes: 1
Israelmore AyivorCharacter and attitude deficiencies are piercing thorns depending your handhold Votes: 1
Angelica HopesTalent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life. Votes: 1
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheCharacter built out of restrictions and boundaries can be deceiving.Be aware! Votes: 1
Mehnaz AnsariGood character keeps good brand safely. Bad character destroys hard earned brands. Votes: 1
Israelmore AyivorAssociation with other people corrupts our character; especially when we have none. Votes: 1
Friedrich NietzscheSelflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man. Votes: 1
Suzy KassemExistenz only becomes clear through reason; reason only has content through Existenz. Votes: 1
Karl JaspersCharacter primarily is honesty with God, ones-self, and others."~R. Alan Woods [2013] Votes: 1
R. Alan WoodsWe are masters of our characters and in turn, slaves of their outgrowth. Votes: 1
Mohammed Ali BapirI like you. Therefore I will decorate you with qualities you don't have. Votes: 1
Aleksandra NinkovicWhile she was light and sunshine, he was nothing but clouds and darkness. Votes: 1
Victoria MichaelsEveryone makes mistakes, but only a person with integrity owns up to them. Votes: 1
Nicole GuillaumeEven water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character. Votes: 1
Hugh B. BrownIn my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character. Votes: 1
Elizabeth Goudgepeople don't change, they just have momentary steps outside of their true character Votes: 1
Chad KultgenThe Character built out of restrictions and boundaries can be deceiving. Be aware!! Votes: 1
Mehnaz AnsariThe Prophet's character was termed tremendous because his concern was for God alone. Votes: 1
Imam Junayd al-BaghdadiAn individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual. Votes: 1
Robert Baden-PowellEngaging solely to validate your opinion takes away from the character building process. Votes: 1
Unarine RamaruOur actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts. Votes: 1
Elizabeth GeorgeHis characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerge charred doves. Votes: 1
Marisha PesslIdiosyncrasy and vicissitude had combined to stamp Sergeant Troy as an exceptional being. Votes: 1
Thomas HardyPut character and mental toughness before execution and you will get consistent execution. Votes: 1
William James MooreDrivers should not drive more than a minute without having a (purposefully-designed) curve. Votes: 1
Tom VanderbiltWhen you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. Votes: 1
W. Somerset MaughamLittle choices determine habit;Habit carves and molds characterWhich makes the big decisions. Votes: 1
Elizabeth GeorgeWatu wakikuonyesha tabia zao za ndani kabisa waamini. Wanajijua vizuri zaidi, kuliko unavyowajua. Votes: 1
Enock MaregesiDickens enjoyed human beings as he found them, unregenerate, peculiar and incorrigibly themselves. Votes: 1
John N. GrayExample is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. Votes: 1
Albert SchweitzerThe important thing isn't what other people think you are; it's who you are. Votes: 1
Shannon L. AlderA person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. Votes: 1
Georg Christoph LichtenbergA man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him. Votes: 1
Walter MosleyParenting the outside of the child is as useless as polishing a rotten apple. Votes: 1
Benjamin LotterPeople not only stinks because of the odor but also because of the character. Votes: 1
Rashi BishnoiIts not the content nor context,rather, its the character that masses heed to. Votes: 1
Arap yegon chitabkoretEverybody has good and bad forces working with them, against them, and within them. Votes: 1
Suzy KassemEvery day people judge all other people. The question is whether they judge wisely. Votes: 1
Orson Scott CardTowns are like people. Old ones often have character, the new ones are interchangeable. Votes: 1
Wallace StegnerEven the most beautiful girl in the world becomes unsightly without depth of character. Votes: 1
Ken PoirotIn character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. Votes: 1
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThere are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory. Votes: 1
Pat ConroyThe virtues of character, behavioural patterns determine how great a nation and people are. Votes: 1
Sunday AdelajaWHO WHAT WHERE WHY WHENPersonality redefines character through phases of wisdom at different ages Votes: 1
Kamil AliYou can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals. Votes: 1
Paul McCartneyWhen you fail to be your own boss, You are giving somebody else the contract. Votes: 1
Richard Marcel I.Character is less about what we do wrong And All about what we make right.... Votes: 1
Navonne JohnsA hero without faults is like an omelet without little bits of eggshell in it. Votes: 1
Colin CotterillIt's easier to maintain a good character than to recover it when it's gone bad! Votes: 1
Israelmore AyivorNothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all. Votes: 1
Georg Christoph LichtenbergShe's the main character in her story, just like I'm the main character in mine. Votes: 1
Marisa de los SantosThe character of good men and women encourage others to want to be better people. Votes: 1
Ellen J. BarrierIt is only when one is under extreme duress that one's true character is revealed. Votes: 1
Christopher EarleA man who is good from docility, and not from stern self-control, has no character. Votes: 1
Henry HazlittIf you want to become successful, then first become the person who can be successful. Votes: 1
SuccessCoach NileshWhat's in a name? The accumulation of reputations from all who've owned it before you. Votes: 1
Richelle E. GoodrichShow class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself. Votes: 1
Paul BryantHow you correct your mistakes will define your character and commitment to a higher power. Votes: 1
Shannon L. AlderAnyone can possess, anyone can profess, but it is an altogether different thing to confess. Votes: 1
Shannon L. AlderIT IS NOT ABOUT SYMPATHY OR LIKEABILITY, EITHER. EMPATHY IS ABOUT THE TRANSLATION OF FEELING. Votes: 1
Film Crit Hulk!Your thinking depends on your perception, just asyour perception depends on the way you think. Votes: 1
Aniekee Tochukwu EzekielMinds that have withered into psychosis are far more terrifying than any character of fiction. Votes: 1
Christian BalogaNever let anyone get the worst of you. For you too will become just like them Votes: 1
Bradley ShutterIt is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard. Votes: 1
Hermann HesseYou will know who truly loves you when you ask them to do an uncoventional favor. Votes: 1
Michael Bassey JohnsonThe problem with human race is not that it errs, but that it does so repetitively. Votes: 1
Raheel FarooqYou can tell a lot about a man's character by how he behaves when given anonymity.. Votes: 1
Dinesh Kumar BiranCharacter may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. Votes: 1
Phillips BrooksThe greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul. Votes: 1
David O. McKayIf something bad smells in the basement, it will eventually make its way to the attic. Votes: 1
Anthony LiccioneLoyalty - it's that thing that most people leave behind when it stops being about them. Votes: 1
Victor L GuerreroI haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever. Votes: 1
Mark TwainIt is the 'Teacher', that shapes a novice; not only with his studies, but character too. Votes: 1
Aniruddha SastikarThere is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at. Votes: 1
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them. Votes: 1
Herbert ReadIntegrity is doing the right thing when nobody's watching, doing as you say you would do. Votes: 1
Roy BennettSometimes your light shines so bright that it blinds people from seeing who you really are. Votes: 1
Shannon L. AlderThe witness of solid moral character to a righteous way of life must never be underestimated. Votes: 1
Arthur F. HolmesAfter everything I'd lived through, I was not going to be reduced to a one-sentence definition. Votes: 1
Maggie StiefvaterIndividual effort is good but collective effort is better. We need a NETWORK of nation builders Votes: 1
Fela DurotoyeThe greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure. Votes: 1
Eiji YoshikawaMaybe when we stop looking at blessings as abundance we'll start appreciating the little we have. Votes: 1
Unarine RamaruConfidence is that internal alignment between what you know, what you believe and what you portray. Votes: 1
Todd StockerSome of us are always in the borderlands no matter where we might be on the map. Votes: 1
James Carlos BlakeThe person you are in the dark will eventually be the person you are in the light. Votes: 1
Ray LewisWe all are men, in our own natures frail, and capable of our flesh; few are angels. Votes: 1
William ShakespeareEven if people say that I don't have a character still I am a well known character. Votes: 1
Amit AbrahamWhat people say about you, good or bad, is not nearly as important as what you are. Votes: 1
Orrin WoodwardI am a worried person with a stressed out soul, living a simple life with no capital. Votes: 1
Charlotte ErikssonWhy don't you try something really different and be the same person two days in a row? Votes: 1
RebaMaybe you have to live under cover for a while before you can find your true character. Votes: 1
Hugo HamiltonIf you are humble enough to admit to your flaws then you are capable of correcting them. Votes: 1
Innocent MwatsikesimbeI would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood. Votes: 1
Ludwig FeuerbachStandard is not the money you have nor the creed you belong to ,truly IT IS CHARACTER...... Votes: 1
Zainab AsifThe alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye. Votes: 1
Ralph Waldo EmersonA man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts. Votes: 1
James AllenA GOOD man values his INTEGRITY and CHARACTER. NEVER deal with one that has no SELF RESPECT! Votes: 1
L. MichelleIt is through strength of character, not luck, do we form the predictable path of our future. Votes: 1
Shannon L. AlderConfession: I don't want to be one of my characters. I'm mean to them sometimes. Really mean. Votes: 1
Michelle M. PillowWills aren't really strong or weak; it is the characters that they express and serve that are. Votes: 1
William H. GassDon't seek to be respected by everyone, rather seek to be worthy of being respected by everyone. Votes: 1
Bohdi SandersInner strength of character cannot be measured by any means but performance in the time of need. Votes: 1
K.L. TothThe beauty of being shattered is how the shards become our character and our marks of distinction. Votes: 1
Bryant McGillLive in such a way that when you die you leave God in your will for your children. Votes: 1
Shannon L. AlderIt's not so much what we do that matters, but what kind of person we choose to be. Votes: 1
Kristi BowmanTo educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society. Votes: 1
Theodore RooseveltNo one is perfect and we all make mistakes, but not all of us admit to mistakes made. Votes: 1
Innocent MwatsikesimbeIt is the character of the road you travel gives you wisdom not the length of the road! Votes: 1
Mehmet Murat ildanYou find out more of the type of person someone is when they are around someone in need Votes: 1
Amanda PenlandGod gave you a gift of 84,600 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say thank you? Votes: 1
William Arthur WardJust think how happy you'd be if you lost everything you have right now & then got it back. Votes: 1
Ronald ReaganIt is not the class you come from, but that with which you carry yourself that matters most. Votes: 1
Carl W. BrandOn the left side of a strong woman, stands a strong man; he is strengthened by her character. Votes: 1
Ellen J. BarrierI do not believe that gifts, whether of mind or character, can be weighed like sugar and butter Votes: 1
Virginia WoolfIt is a healthy approach not to expect persons to turn out precisely how you would have wished. Votes: 1
Criss JamiIt doesn't really matter how you feel about your character, it just matters what you do with it. Votes: 1
Kiera CassThere is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they find to laugh at. Votes: 1
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHonesty is doing what you know or believe is right. Integrity is doing what is right and truthful. Votes: 1
Roy BennettConflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades. Votes: 1
Diana GabaldonWhen you carry someone else's baggage, it's nearly impossible to get rid of your own. Drop it. Now. Votes: 1
Cathryn LouisIt's not a person's depth you must discover, but their ascent. Find their path from depth to ascent. Votes: 1
Anne MichaelsI am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. Votes: 1
Charlotte BronteThe petty man wants to use God for himself; the ambitious man wants God to use him for God. Votes: 1
Criss JamiLeaders do what ought to be done whether their deeds are known by thousands or known by no one. Votes: 1
Orrin WoodwardYou only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true character Votes: 1
Anne FrankIf you put yourself in the emotion that you want from others, you are more likely to receive it. Votes: 1
Shannon L. AlderThe vice president (Nixon) seems like a man who is acting like a nice man rather than being one. Votes: 1
Ann WhitmanI am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Votes: 1
Charlotte BronteThe way a person spends his money and time can tell a lot about the things he or she values. Votes: 1
Sarah TseYou can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. Votes: 1
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhat I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. Votes: 1
A. A. MilneIt is better to be alone than to become a person that loses his soul to the fear of loneliness. Votes: 1
Shannon L. AlderYou could know a man not by what his friends said about him, but by how he treated his servants. Votes: 1
Cassandra ClareWe will not wake up ten years from now and find we have passively taken on the character of God. Votes: 1
Jen WilkinWe are all wounded. It is in the care of our wounds that we choose to develop character, or scars. Votes: 1
Jennifer CooneyA man's integrity isn't found in what he does for others, but how he feels about it after it's done. Votes: 1
MrFlufferTootleCharacter is the line in the sand between the worst of the good people and the best of the bad ones Votes: 1
Johnny FloraOne of the most liberating things a person can do is to admit that he or she is human and is flawed. Votes: 1
Innocent MwatsikesimbeTwitter is very impulsive and impermanent and you only have 140 characters. There is no greater 'Emperor' of Twitter than Stephen Fry. Votes: 3 David Tang
I look for the day...when the only criterion of excellence or position shall be the ability and character of the individual; and this time will come. Votes: 4 Susan B. Anthony
There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing. Votes: 3 Orlando Bloom
When you are developing your style, you avoid weaknesses. I am not good at describing things, so I stay away from it. And if anyone is going to describe anything at all, it's going to be from the point of view of the character, because then I can use his voice, and his attitude will be revealed in the way he describes what he sees. Votes: 2 Elmore Leonard
An ignorant person with a bad character is like an unarmed robber, but a learned person with a blog is a robber fully armed Votes: 5 Mickey Kaus
It would be foolish to describe the logistics hub as merely ugly, for it has the horrifying, soulless, immaculate beauty characteristic of many of the workplaces of the modern world. Votes: 3 Alain de Botton
My job as an actor is to serve the script. If I'm looking at it as to see what the best character is, then it's not really looking at the big picture. Votes: 3 Frank Grillo
Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex. Period. Precious few parents enroll their boys in the Scouts to get a crash course in sexual orientation. Votes: 7 Rick Perry
I was the singing voice of a cartoon character. I did dog food commercials. I did a lot of commercials, actually, and helped pay my rent and my classes. Then I'd get one good line or two good scenes. I was building my career and building my own experience and learning technically what it was like to be on a set and all of those things. Votes: 1 Cheryl Ladd
Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all. Votes: 4 Joseph Barbera
Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life. Votes: 4 Juliette Binoche
We all seem to get this idea that, in order to be sacred, we have to make some massive, drastic change of character, that we have to renounce our individuality. To know God, you only need to renounce one thing - your sense of division from God Votes: 3 Elizabeth Gilbert
To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon. Votes: 2 Giancarlo Esposito
Gossip, or, as we gossips like to say, character analysis. Votes: 3 Elizabeth Hardwick
You know like it has its own personality, its own character. Votes: 0 Marc Newson
Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians. Votes: 4 Charles Krauthammer
There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying. Votes: 7 Colin Hay
In dramatic writing, the very essence is character change. The character at the end is not the same as he was at the beginning. He's changed-psychologically, maybe even physically. Votes: 3 Robert Towne
There are stages we all go through when dealing with character deaths. Grief. Anger. Denial. Laughter. Coulson. Votes: 3 Jack Lewis Baillot
Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking. Votes: 2 J. C. Watts
I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.' Votes: 3 Vanessa Lengies
In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film. Votes: 4 Joshua Leonard
Character Education helps to create an environment for caring and learning in schools. Votes: 5 Thomas Lickona
I love it when ugliness is beautiful. I love character flaws. Votes: 3 Marcia Gay Harden
One reason I find all this character growth and narrative swerving so exhilarating is because I never got to do it when I wrote for TV. Our characters needed to remain consistent from week to week. Votes: 3 Maria Semple
Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. Votes: 1 Thomas John Barnardo
The character of a man is known from his conversations. Votes: 5 Menander
Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children. Votes: 3 Billy Graham
And it's sort of an old-fashioned ER, in that it's very much about the medicine, and how these people cope. There's very little about the personal lives of the characters. Votes: 1 Laura Innes
The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day. Votes: 1 William Bennett
I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in. Votes: 1 Morgan Freeman
It is practically an axiom in psychiatry that precocious intellect combined with physical weakness can give rise to many unpleasant character traits - avarice, delusions of grandeur , and obsessive masturbation, to name just a few. Votes: 4 Sam Savage
You're never going to be able to delve into the character traits of a Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton. Votes: 4 Robin Wright
Why has Scandinavia been producing such good thrillers? Maybe because their filmmakers can't afford millions for CGI and must rely on cheaper elements like, you know, stories and characters. Votes: 1 Roger Ebert
Big Bird went through his very human kind of struggles as a child. No other children's character has been that complete and detailed. Votes: 4 Caroll Spinney
The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing but in God-likeness. Votes: 4 Oswald Chambers
Obama is a man of first-class intellect and first-class temperament. But his character remains highly suspect. Votes: 2 Charles Krauthammer
I never, never lend any of my own clothes for parts any more because you lose your clothes; they become the characters' clothes, and you can never wear them again. Votes: 2 Hannah Murray
The prince in 'The Leopard' was a very complex character - at times autocratic, rude, strong - at times romantic, good, understanding - and sometimes even stupid, and above all, mysterious. Votes: 2 Luchino Visconti
It's good netiquette to judge others by the the intent of their words not content of characters. NetworkEtiquette.net Votes: 3 David Chiles
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. Votes: 3 Hermann Hesse
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. Votes: 2 Ralph Waldo Emerson
My definition of a character actor is - they never get the girl. Votes: 1 James Cromwell
If your life gets off to a rough start, just know this is helping you develop depth of personality and depth of character. Votes: 4 John Bytheway
Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness. Votes: 2 Yousuf Karsh
True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character. Votes: 3 David O. McKay
The way Disney characters move, they're very kind of slow and fluid and flowing; one pose kind of eases into the next. If you look at a show like 'The Simpsons' and subsequently a show like 'Family Guy' - the characters will jerk from pose to pose a lot, a bit more snappy. Which sort of goes along with the writing tone of the show. Votes: 2 Seth MacFarlane
I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone. Votes: 3 Camille Claudel
If you look at most women's writing, women writers will describe women differently from the way male writers describe women. The details that go into a woman writer's description of a female character are, perhaps, a little more judgmental. They're looking for certain things, because they know what women do to look a certain way. Votes: 2 Lorrie Moore
The world is full of fictional characters looking for their stories Votes: 5 Diane Arbus
German football is like English football. The Germans and the English do not play like a Brazilian side. They have to improve, bring up their young players, who have character. Votes: 1 Franz Beckenbauer
I've always just loved drawing and loved cartoons. Growing up, I loved Disney films, I loved The Simpsons, and I was a big fan of the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes and the way that they would have weird fantasy and then down-to-earth funny character comedy. Votes: 2 Alex Hirsch
From all this it follows what the general character of the problem of the development of a body of scientific knowledge is, in so far as it depends on elements internal to science itself. Votes: 2 Talcott Parsons
There have been a few times when I've read a script and it's really cool but the girl character's just kind of pathetic. It's not going to do me any favours just being 'the girl' in a cool movie. Votes: 4 Emily Browning
The thing about playing gods, whether you're playing Thor and Loki or Greco Roman gods or Indian gods or characters in any mythology, the reason that gods were invented was because they were basically larger versions of ourselves. Votes: 1 Tom Hiddleston
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. Votes: 4 Charles Spurgeon
I think I'm a real good person off the field. I've got good character traits, I go to Church often, and I do community service. I think I'm a really good role model. Votes: 3 Jeremy Shockey
I think I'm a good judge of character. Votes: 3 Tamara Ecclestone
Watch your thoughts for they become words.Watch your words for they become actions.Watch your actions for they become habits.Watch your habits for they become your character.And watch your character for it becomes your destiny.What we think, we become.My father always said that... and I think I am fine. Votes: 2 Margaret Thatcher
I don't like having characters as props. I never want a character to be a prop. Votes: 4 Will Gluck
I love good stories; you have to have a good plot - characters which intertwine with a good plot. Votes: 2 James Norton
High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds. Votes: 4 Tryon Edwards
The price of peace is righteousness. Men and nations may loudly proclaim, 'Peace, peace,' but there shall be no peace until individuals nurture in their souls those principles of personal purity, integrity, and character which foster the development of peace. Peace cannot be imposed. It must come from the lives and hearts of men. There is no other way. Votes: 3 Ezra Taft Benson
Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people. Votes: 2 Dennis Prager
The most interesting character to me is someone who is stuck in the no man's land between Belief and Unbelief, Faith and Faithlessness. I'm capitalizing like a German, but it doesn't matter whether it's faith in a person or in God, or belief in science or whatever, it's the desperate in-between state that makes for interesting dramatic tension. Votes: 2 Richard Dooling
Like all of my friends, she's a lousy judge of character. Votes: 2 David Sedaris
It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character. Votes: 2 Dag Hammarskjold
It works better if your lead character is complex and interesting and not perfect. Votes: 2 Michael Hirst
I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic. Votes: 4 Steve Largent
If you don't demonstrate leadership character, your skills and your results will be discounted, if not dismissed. Votes: 3 Mark Miller
I think I have character, and that is what people like in me. Votes: 2 Carine Roitfeld
I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I let them loose! Votes: 2 Judy Blume
A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them. Votes: 4 Herbert Read
It took a while for the first 'Blade' to get made, and Marvel decided they liked the Whistler character so much, when Blade guest starred on the 'Spider-Man' cartoon, they put Whistler on the cartoon, and the movie hadn't come out yet. Votes: 1 David S. Goyer
A man's true character comes out when he's drunk. Votes: 3 Charlie Chaplin
What a man's mind can create, man's character can control. Votes: 2 Thomas A. Edison
If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all. Votes: 4 George Bernard Shaw
High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. Votes: 4 Christopher Hitchens
I have always believed that national character... depends more on the female part of society than is generally imagined. Precepts from the lips of a beloved mother... sink deep in the heart, and make an impression which is seldom entirely effaced. Votes: 2 John Marshall
There's nothing more fun to me than new characters and a new world. Votes: 4 Adam McKay
It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character. Votes: 4 Dag Hammarskjold
Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop. Votes: 2 Tacitus
Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show. Votes: 1 Major Taylor
A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock. Votes: 4 Charles Simmons
When friends enter a home, they sense its personality and character, the family's style of living - these elements make a house come alive with a sense of identity, a sense of energy, enthusiasm, and warmth , declaring: "This is how we are; this is how we live." Votes: 4 Ralph Lauren
Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions. Votes: 2 Myles Munroe
When I first came to Hollywood, the blacklist was just starting, and they were having hearings in Washington. What most people don't know is the judge of these hearings himself was later convicted of misappropriation. 'Spartacus' helped break the blacklist, because Spartacus was a real character. Votes: 1 Kirk Douglas
People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts. Votes: 2 David Duchovny
I like shows that are surprising and not predictable. That have deep, rich characters that are fully formed. Votes: 4 David Nevins
Doing the same character over and over, it gets boring. Votes: 4 Denis Leary
I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation. Votes: 3 Mo Rocca
There is a strength of character in the people who have, by and large, never experienced comfort. Votes: 3 Sean Penn
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. Votes: 8 Baruch Spinoza
The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character. Votes: 6 Arnold Schwarzenegger
I don't try and write strong female characters or strong male characters, I just try and write, hopefully, strong characters and sometimes they happen to be female. Votes: 3 J. J. Abrams
We need no fanciful teaching regarding the personality of God. What God desires us to know of Him is revealed in His word and His works. The beautiful things of nature reveal His character and His power as Creator. Votes: 1 Ellen G. White
The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges. Votes: 8 Walter Annenberg
A man's true character comes out when he's drunk. Votes: 6 Charlie Chaplin
I'm a relatively ugly character who's done pretty damn well in film. Votes: 4 Kevin Spacey
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life. Votes: 5 Margot Asquith
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. Votes: 7 Albert Einstein
Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. Votes: 1 John Howe
I don't really know what an adverb is. A dangling participle? That sounds really rude. I don't know what character is, really. Plot seems vaguely juvenile to me. It's all about language, it's all about how you apply it to the page. Votes: 3 Colum McCann
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. Votes: 3 Plato
I think Wonder Woman is a very difficult character to crack. More difficult than Superman, who is also more difficult than Batman. Also, a lot of people in Hollywood believe that it's hard to do a big action movie with a female lead. I happen to disagree with that. Votes: 1 David S. Goyer