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 tenth of a second to think about it – may be not about the characters, nor about the piece,...

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

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 fingers, where we see the stretch of red-blood lines of man that fought for this land. The purity of white...

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

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 longest days, especially at the strategic decision making level.

Her [Mrs Croft’s] manners were open, easy, and decided, like one who had no distrust of herself, and no doubts of what to do; without any approach to coarseness, however, or any want of good humour. Anne gave her credit, indeed, for feelings of great consideration towards herself, in all that related to Kellynch; and...

Character forms a life regardless of how obscurely that life is lived and how little light falls on it from the stars.

It’s important in our Lottery Commission appointments that we appoint the folks with the highest moral character, … I don’t want North Carolina to be a place where the lottery turns out to be a major problem.

Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.

Actually, I played Pontius Pilate as nice. An actor spends his life thinking he is Christ, and then he gets to play the character that killed him.

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it’s what you believe, and the heck with everybody.

Is it ok to sometimes be shy?Yes, of course. The point is,that being that way all the time and using it as an excuse to never be the opposite of shy,it’s not good. It’s not good for your life, your interactions,strenght of character and how diverse and interesting you can be. You are MORE than...

Character is less about what we do wrong And All about what we make right….

Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office-seeking. Men of good character and impulses are betrayed by it into all sorts of meanness.

I hadn’t even watched ’24’ before, and the audition was kind of far away. When I got the material, there wasn’t a character yet, so it almost seemed like an assistant to Jack Bauer saying, ‘Yes, sir. No, sir.’

You’ve got to understand that in Bollywood, every actor is an instrument, and yet a human being. They come to the set with a set agenda, believing, ‘This is who I am, this is what I want, and no, I am not going to become that character you want me to.’

Financial crashes happen precisely because the people who remember the last one have either died or retired and thus are no longer around, with memories and character formed by that previous experience, to warn people not to be irresponsible.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

For Aristotle, it’s not enough simply to act in accordance with the reason once in a while. We must cultivate habits of virtue that develop into a firmly established moral character over a lifetime.

What we do when defeat stares us in the face is the real touchstone of character. But the very fact that success has time and again proved the means of awakening people to the knowledge of greater ability than they ever before dreamed they possessed, ought to hearten and encourage us to keep on no...

A GOOD man values his INTEGRITY and CHARACTER. NEVER deal with one that has no SELF RESPECT!

The writer’s characters must stand before us with a wonderful clarity, such continuous clarity that nothing they do strikes us as improbable behavior for just that character, even when the character’s action is, as sometimes happens, something that came as a surprise to the writer himself. We must understand, and the writer before us must...

You can’t judge a character that you’re playing, because then you’re fighting against doing what the character’s doing.

I find a lot of similarities just in the basic genetic makeup of these guys, of Christopher Moltisanti [his character on the HBO show] and Nick Falco [his role on ‘Law & Order’],

They are men of character. I find their confrontation very funny, but maybe I’m the only one to think so.

I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character.

It’s not the tailor that makes the man.

There is a perfect rout of characters in every man—and every man is like an actor’s trunk, full of strange creatures, new & old. But an actor and his trunk are two different things

I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again.

Strength of character isn’t always about how much you can handle before you break, it’s also about how much you can handle after you’ve broken.

I think the idea is to try and understand everything about the characters and where the character is coming from, from their point of view, why they say what they do. And not, ‘Oh, but I would never say that. Why does the character say that?’ But then making it as personal as possible.

It was never about meThis is your storyI was just a side character.

Do what you know and perception is converted into character.

The sad reality of Mankind: Faith is the currency people trade in, through their ego and selfish ways.

If I don’t love my character, I can’t do it.

I’d rather play a character that was really, really different to me as to someone who is quite close to my character.

All of us are very athletic. The guys, I can say, are all great character guys. We want to win and want to be the best.

I am tired of people saying that poor character is the only reason people do wrong things. Actually, circumstances cause people to act a certain way. It’s from those circumstances that a person’s attitude is affected followed by weakening of character. Not the reverse. If we had no faults of our own, we should not...

Robert Ingersoll’s character was as nearly perfect as it is possible for the character of mortal man to be… none sweeter or nobler had ever blessed the world. The example of his life was of more value to posterity than all the sermons that were ever written on the doctrine of original sin… The genius...

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

The child will grow up and find out things for herself. She will know that I lied. She will be disappointed.””That is what is called learning the truth. It is a good thing to learn the truth one’s self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe, is good too. It...

Victory, is like a boxer that hangs his gloves, after the consecutive losses; sometimes walking away is what builds character, than the actual fight. As humble fruit on a tree that falls to the ground and rots, never finding appreciation in the taste of mouths.

Internal character: how you behave when no one is watching.

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

It is advisable to never find faults, flaws and follies in others till it is acceptable to see them either getting closer together or each of them garnering more support of many people like his brothers.

Kindness is a steeling feeling that has a power of filling the gaps in relationships by stealing hearts.

The truth is that perhaps everything has a price, but certainly everyone has to pay more price only for their lies.

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.

Parenting the outside of the child is as useless as polishing a rotten apple.