Quotes about character
character men law
The fact that laws were given to man, both affirmative and negative, supports the principle, that God's knowledge of future events does not change their character. The great doubt that presents itself to our mind is the result of the insufficiency of our intellect. Maimonides
character echoes violence
A dissolute character is more dissolute in thought than in deed. And the same is true of violence. Our violence in word and deed is but a feeble echo of the surging violence of thought in us. Mahatma Gandhi
character religion tests
No religion which is narrow and which cannot satisfy the test of reason, will survive the coming reconstruction of society in which the values will have changed and character, not possession of wealth, title or birth, will be the test of merit.
character men given
A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.
character reflection people
A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
character thinking principles
Those who think religion has nothing to do with politics understand neither religion or politics... The things that will destroy us are: politics without principles, pleasures without conscience, knowledge without character, business without morality.
character able sound
Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.
character thinking acting
You do not characterize by telling the reader about the character. You do it by showing the character thinking, speaking and acting in a characteristic way. You simply show it and shut up. Gene Wolfe
character quality development
We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood. Gavin Newsom
character ideas creating
I love rehearsals and I love creating a character, sticking with it until you have something to tell. It's always different though. Sometimes a director will tell you from day one what they want. Then you throw in your idea. Gael Garcia Bernal
character men play
We all have a cross-gender character: Every woman has a man that they can play, and every man has a woman that they can play.
character thinking want
I think I'm drawn to more villain-type characters, because it's so cool to get to say all the things you want to say. In Hollywood, you get to this position where you have to bite your tongue so much. You take all your experiences of not being able to say what you really want to say, and channel that through your character. Gabrielle Union
character classic moments
Classic author moment, "Oh dear, did I kill that character or not? Gail Carriger
character civilization leader
Now, being a POW certainly doesn't qualify anyone to be President. But it does reveal character. This is the kind of character that civilizations from the beginning of history have sought in their leaders. Fred Thompson
character player want
I'm not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character. Frank Lampard
character passion ambition
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Napoleon Bonaparte
character age habit
Age, habits of business and experience have modified many characters.
character men history
It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.
character men rogues
Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.
character men misfortunes
To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.
character self over-you
Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it. Og Mandino
character strategy ifs
Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character. Norman Schwarzkopf
character ninety-nine percent
Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
character men judging
I admire men of character and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal with their subordinates. And that, to me, is where you find out what the character of a man is.
character black-and-white opposites
Characters tend to be either for or against the quest. If they assist it, they are idealized as simply gallant or pure; if they obstruct it, they are characterized as simply villainous or cowardly. Hence every typical character...tends to have his moral opposite confronting him, like black and white pieces in a chess game. Northrop Frye
character tennessee kind
The tricky or boastful gods of ancient myths and primitive folk tales are characters of the same kind that turn up in Faulkner or Tennessee Williams.
character thinking interesting
I think it's interesting to have a cool character not look so cool, you know? Norman Reedus
character law evil
This law of monogamy, or the monogamic system, laid the foundation for prostitution and the evils and diseases of the most revolting nature and character under which modern Christendom groans. Orson Pratt
character important growing
The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman's life and maybe never stops growing. Oscar de la Renta
character
I'm a lurid character! Orson Welles
character men america
Take myself as a good-will ambassador. I'm great - I'm taking myself as a character - for the intellectuals and the man on the street. I'm great where Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. leaves off. I'm not so good with high society, in either North or South America, because I'm highly unconventional. Perhaps I bewilder people by being at once the esthete, the intellectual and the vulgarian.
character mean thinking
Yeah, I mean the material, directors, the other cast, and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and go from there. I am looking forward to doing some smaller movies. Orlando Bloom
character thinking remember
I remember one time that I was filming a scene in whych my character rides through Troy on a chariot. I just looked around at this incredible set thinking 'This is the life'.