I don’t see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.

It is only when one is under extreme duress that one’s true character is revealed.

To nurture your career, it makes sense to cultivate your strengths. To nurture your moral core, it is necessary to confront your weaknesses.

IT’S NOT THAT ANYONE CAN BE A HERO, BUT THAT A HERO CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE. BUT THE KEY IS THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING INSIDE THEM. A SPARK. A SENSE OF MORALITY. A...

It’s what each of us sows, and how, that gives to us character and prestige. Seeds of kindness, goodwill, and human understanding, planted in fertile soil, spring up into deathless friendships, big deeds of worth,...

I go on the presumption that everyone’s full of shit until proven otherwise, and this usually serves me in good stead.

Well, I myself, while sometimes unkempt by nights of drunkenness and debauchery, am quite convinced a man’s good character is marked by his impeccable attire.

Knowing God is not enough; you must make Him known to others. Through your living character, you tell more about the living God!

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.

Sometimes what you love to do could even make many people to hate you. You may go through non-formal torments, character assassinations, verbal assaults and societal rejections, but if you are convinced about your love...

Tock was a great teammate, a true character guy. I enjoyed every minute and every game I played with him. He was a legend in this city.

I like good stories. Quality products and character are what’s important. Even if the script isn’t that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I’ll go for it.

Encourage literally came from “in courage.” The courage is put “into” you from outside. Our character and abilities grow through internalizing from others what we do not possess in ourselves.

My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character’s complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism – that’s what I was saying about the difference between the character’s message and the film’s...

My natural inclination to be improv rather than an educated character serves me well.

Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.

He had just compunction enough for having done nothing for his sisters himself, to be exceedingly anxious that everybody else should do a great deal.

Conspiracy theorists like to claim NASA’s moon landing was faked. Well of course it was! But the biggest conspiracy of all is the Columbus landed in the new world in the late 15th century. There...

When you finish a film, if you believed in your character, you’re empty.

I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.

A man’s magic demonstrates what sort of person he is, what is held most deeply inside of him. There is no truer gauge of a man’s character than the way in which he employs his...

He’s down, but to come back and win, that shows character.

I went straight method for my part, … My character and Morgan’s character go through an interesting arc. A lot of my scenes are with Morgan, and what I value and look up to are...

Was he a pleasant man hiding behind a mask of seeming carelessness or an unpleasant man hiding behind a mask of charm & smiles? Or like most humans, was he a dizzying mix of contradictory...

Virtues are the internal qualities that allow us to be our best selves and enable us to lead complete and fulfilling lives.

When you find you don’t like a character, you just type four letters and he’s dead.

Middle-class Pakistani cultural life is what I’ve seen, what I know – they’re not all screaming faceless mullahs. It’s disturbing that in American films, the character on the other side is not even named.

People will always consider me a cartoon character, a bimbo. They will never give me credit.

There is nothing left but the attempt and not trying is the same as failing.

These meetings all have excited great attention, and have been of an exceedingly interesting character.

‘Dallas’ hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all...

She built her character with the adversity she had faced, so she could live the best of her life for the rest of life.

What benefit have the Hindus derived from their contact with Christian nations? The idea generally prevalent in this country about the morality and truthfulness of the Hindus evidently has been very low. Such seeds of...

He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age. But to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.

I realized someone else might tell you you’re pretty. I’d do anything to keep you away from that person.

Some people are like gravity; they draw you into a room with a hop in your step and a smile on your face. Others are like the stench of sulfur; they make you scowl and...

A better man wouldn’t play this ‘sweethearts’ game with her when he knew very well it couldn’t lead to more.But he wasn’t a better man. He was Colin Sandhurst, reckless, incorrigible rogue—and damn it, he...

Anyone that has character leaves a mark on another. Would you like to leave the world without making a ripple?

Truth recognizes truth, just as a man with real talent is the first to recognize another with real talent. Likewise, superficiality attracts others with an artificial surface. Only the superficial applaud the superficial. A man...

There are a lot of great players in this game, but only one Kirby. It was his character that meant more to his teammates. He brought a great feeling to the clubhouse, the plane, everywhere.

Money comes and goes; morality comes and grows.

When people think girl adventurers, they tend to think of a spunky, plucky tom-boy with a chip on her shoulder. I’m not saying that this makes for a dull character, but I think other types...

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

Consider a man’s good qualities, and consider his faults; and judge his character by that which is more.

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

A person’s authentic nature is a series of shifting, variegated planes that establish themselves as he relates to different people; it is created by and appears within the framework of his interpersonal relationships.

As Plato: What is play and delightful one kind of child is coercion and torture for another, and will not take no matter how much coercion is applied.

After all, hadn’t she been the one to pursue him? And Madame Dupuy had done it with a vigor that most women would have been too ashamed to display.

Despite our disapproval with what God allows us to endure, he still remains the same God that is not interested in our convenience, as much as our character.