Quotes about character
character thinking different
I think that if you use something from you life in fiction, it metamorphosizes into something strange and different. Afterward it is hard to tell what actually was part of your life and what is part of the story of the fictional character. Marge Piercy
character mind doorways
Sometimes when a character in a novel is difficult for me to enter, I sue something in myself or in my own life as a doorway into that character's mind and emotions.
character cat quirky
I never thought of myself as explaining cats in general. I simply viewed the cats I have known as characters in my life, often as quirky and complex as the humans with whom I have spent time.
character people fields
A lot of people expect to see the same type of character that they see on the field off the field, and that throws them for a loop. Terrell Owens
character years people
What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people. Ted Shackelford
character warrior facts
I was then and am now very much a happy warrior, very much joyful. Not engaging in character attacks myself, just putting out, "Here are the facts, here are the evidence."And I noted, for example, that both of them [Marco Rubio and Donald Trump] were relying on fabrications. Ted Cruz
character joy heaven
The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties. Theodore Parker
character
I learn by going where I have to go. Theodore Roethke
character underestimate importance
I am far from underestimating the importance of dividends, but I rank dividends below human character. Theodore Roosevelt
character names perfection
In the great battle of life, no brilliancy of intellect, no perfection of bodily development, will count when weighed in the balance against the assemblage of virtues, active and passive, of moral qualities which we group together under the name of character.
character color land
The Bad Lands grade all the way from those that are almost rolling in character to those that are so fantastically broken in form and so bizarre in color as to seem hardly properly to belong to this earth.
character vigor intellect
Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above is character.
character important resolution
Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.
character mean men
There is need of a sound body, and even more need of a sound mind. But above mind and above body stands character-the sum of those qualities which we mean when we speak of a man's force and courage, of his good faith and sense of honor.
character thinking intense
I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense. Mandy Patinkin
character feelings actors
It depends on the scripts and the character and just everybody involved, the other actors and directors. It's just a gut feeling when you find something, you're like, 'Yes, I want to sink my teeth into that.' Mandy Moore
character years creating
I do love doing films; I love going out and creating different characters for each film, and not having to be stuck with one role for many, many years. It's a creative liberty that I love. Malin Akerman
character thinking play
I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person is acting.
character thinking brain
Character isn't what we think it is or, rather, what we want it to be. It isn't a stable, easily identifiable set of closely related traits, and it only seems that way because of a glitch in the way our brains are organized. Character is more like a bundle of habits and tendencies and interests, loosely bound together and dependent, at certain times, on circumstance and context. Malcolm Gladwell
character men looks
As a splendid palace deserted by its inmates looks like a ruin, so does a man without character, all his material belongings notwithstanding. Mahatma Gandhi
character civilization tests
The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.
character vow firmness
A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.
character sorrow suffering
Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.
character letters ends
What will tell in the end will be character and not a knowledge of letters.
character men self
Men of stainless character and self purification will easily inspire confidence and automatically purify the atmosphere around them.
character people leader
People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character. John C. Maxwell
character adversity two
Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.
character ifs
The true measure of your character is what you would do if you were sure no one would ever find out.
character leader quality
There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character.
character good-character aspect
Good character improves every aspect of a person’s life.
character people choices
People of poor character tend to blame their choices on circumstances. Ethical people make good choices regardless of circumstances. If they make enough good choices, they begin to create better conditions for themselves.
character rise-above limitation
Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.
character exercise imagination
The sound and proper exercise of the imagination may be made to contribute to the cultivation of all that is virtuous and estimable in the human character. John Abercrombie