Authors can write stories without people assuming that they are autobiographies, but songwriters and poets are often considered to be the characters in their works. I like Michelangelo’s vision, ‘I saw the angel in the...

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

An authentic and genuine life grows like a sturdy tree. And like a tree, it grows slowly. Every time you make a different and better decision, it grows a little. Every time you choose to...

The truth is, I can choose to view tough times as growing times, I can choose to see aging as seasoning and I can choose to focus on whatever good there is to be found...

True worth is being not seeming

Who’s stupid now, Jimbo?!

It is with words that my heart sings, with the substance of integrity my character soars and without regret I look back smiling ~bns

To write is to reveal oneself.When I write something, fiction or non-fiction, I do not expect you to accept what I write, nor to agree with what I propose.I expect you to spend at least...

A man should never be judged by his skill, talent, colour, financial or political status, facial beauty and level of education but by the quality of his character.

Swearing doesn’t make your argument valid; it just tells the other person you have lost your class and control.

The American flag doesn’t give her glory on a peaceful, calm day. It’s when the winds pick up and become boisterous, do we see her strength. When she unfolds her hand, and shows her frayed...

Appearances can be deceiving, but the true colours of your soul remain.

You can see ugliness or you can see beauty in the same thing – It just indicates your state of mind ~ Ramana Pemmaraju

A wise man once said that a person is known by the company he keeps, but could then also add that the character of the company is known by the people it keeps for the...

He was truly a very interesting character.

A person’s words reflect the image of his character and the amount of truth and lies in it is always visible to the human heart than ordinary eyes.

ABC of a wonderful life: A man of the right ATTITUDE is GOOD; A man of the right ATTITUDE+the correct BEHAVIOR is BETTER; But, a man of the right ATTITUDE+the correct BEHAVIOR +an upright CHARACTER...

With this, I had to learn and develop a character over time.

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.

People become desensitized to many things going on around them. It is because they always see it on the tv, hear it on the radio, read or watch it on the internet, hear about it...

It is a kind of geisha containment, a shutteredness, a withdrawal and negation. It’s as if she is capable of sensing when people are on the point of knowing who she is and she sends...

Characters are the lifeblood of anygood book.

Character is not purchased with a dance in the street. It’s expensive and hard to come by. Though it is the heir of disappointment, betrayal and frustration, it is not the inheritance that matters but...

Now for the hitch in Jane’s character,’ he said at last, speaking more calmly than from his look I had expected him to speak. ‘The reel of silk has run smoothly enough so far; but...

On the left side of a strong woman, stands a strong man; he is strengthened by her character.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

If you haven’t found yourself yet, it’s difficult to help someone to discover himself. False leaders make more false leaders!

Flawless and faultless outcomes are not products of lawless and careless people. No lawless person is a genuine innovator. To your skillfulness, add good manners; to your willfulness, add carefulness!

That’s a great team out there, We showed character.

For those of us that were involved from the first days of ‘Battlestar,’ we were encouraged to give of ourselves and to feel that we had a voice, not just as the character but as...

Good writing requires a character with a voice. Usually, the first sound bite is not the whole story.

I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It’s wonderful, isn’t it?

I’m always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.

Today I’m feeling uncharacteristically chiaroscuro, and I don’t know what that means for my future, or as a word.

I think last year in the World Series, they did some things that were out of character for them, as far as executing. They didn’t seem like the same team as this year. They’re very...

This is the story, this is your character, I have the sense of the landscape, I have the sense of the scene, I have all that stuff. But I’m also looking for something else to...

People would be shocked to know… that despite the nature of my TV character, I am actually a nice guy.

Character roles only indicate that they’re very different from who you are as a person, and for me, it’s fun hiding behind characters that are so unlike who I am.

I don’t judge people by their accent, or how they word things, or how grammatically correct their speech is. Some of the smartest men in the world couldn’t spell. I judge a person by their...

I played a lot of character parts in school.

I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or Jessica Lange. I’m a bit quirkier than that.

If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if you behave properly wit those holding divergent views from you or...

I guess I really always wanted to act. When I was seven, I actually had the opportunity to come out to California. I’ve always really loved playing a part, playing a character and being someone...

I have always like doing accents; I find it much easier to get into character for me.

I’ve discovered that in life, it doesn’t matter how good of a person you are; it’s human nature to be judged and to judge others by the blood they carry and the company they keep.

I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.

We are all wounded. It is in the care of our wounds that we choose to develop character, or scars.

I thought we were out of character on offense. Calvin did a great job of disrupting our rhythm and we didn’t have a good flow.

Character is formed out of those small decisions taken for granted

Leaders do what ought to be done whether their deeds are known by thousands or known by no one.