If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

Haskins was a complex character. He was charismatic but he also had rage. I think he’s more complex and difficult than Bobby Knight.

Have you got any soul?” a woman asks the next afternoon. That depends, I feel like saying; some days yes, some days no. A few days ago I was right out; now I’ve got loads,...

We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears...

Faithfulness and character are noble qualities that God honors.

I do not want to play a character who is exactly like me.

I wanted to make an Indian character who wasn’t either a) the savage that must be eliminated, the force of nature that’s blocking the way for industrial progress, or b) the noble innocent that knows...

It shows the character of our club. We kept battling until the last out.

No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence

The best way to detect the destructive element in someone is to watch closely their behavioural pattern when given authority over poverty.

Being able to stay with a character over the course of years is a gift.

But even with a character like Cary who is relatively outlandish, at the end of the movie he’s in a place where I wouldn’t have expected him to be – taking on the responsibility of...

I love shooting, when the character is interesting and the script is interesting, but the research beforehand is really fun. The whole process makes me anxious and restless, and I have trouble sleeping, just trying...

A lake cannot remain stormy for a long time; an ocean cannot remain calm for a long time; everything and everyone cannot behave different from his own character for a long time!

A fi bun inseamna a fi in armonie cu tine insuti. Disonanta inseamna a fi in armonie cu altii

One of the most critical decisions made in life is choosing with whom to spend your time. For it is those close relationships that gradually mold our character until we become a reflection of the...

The problem with human race is not that it errs, but that it does so repetitively.

Parents in the early half of the twentieth century were primarily concerned with the development of character in their children. They wanted to be certain that their children were ready to cope with adversity, for...

It’s true in the beginning I started playing villains, and I think that’s pretty clear, because if you don’t conventionally look a certain way and you’ve got a certain kind of presence when you’re young,...

Washington’s character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice.

If one abandons their principles when tested by struggle, they were never true principles but advertisements for character they never possessed.

Count your years and you’ll be ashamed to be wanting and working for exactly the same things as you wanted when you were a boy. Of this one thing make sure against your dying day...

Only men of character are trusted.

Once you’ve established where you are, you go to the character and elaborate on expressions and action.

A leader is not authenticated by title or position, but by character and influence, most important by leading among the pack and not in front.

Do you always do as you would like to do were it in your power? I find that circumstances force me often to act in a manner quite opposite to what I should prefer; I...

Some actors – myself included – like to know where your character’s going: you like to know what the arc is for the character so that you can plan where you’re going to give beats...

Character is contagious.

Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can’t get involved in things that will damage your character.

Sometimes your light shines so bright that it blinds people from seeing who you really are.

One’s character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can’t swim back.

You have a valid complaint, and I do recognize it … but you are reading into things a little bit. Just the same, I will do my best to make horrible things happen to a...

It is difficult to make a reputation, but is even more difficult seriously to mar a reputation once properly made — so faithful is the public.

He was an extraordinary man of impeccable character, integrity, honesty, compassion and fairness. He had all the attributes you want in a human being. He was a friend of mine for 45 years. He was...

Dav­el­lon may be a vil­lage, but the Dav­el­lon House can be any­thing you make it. No­bil­ity has to start some­where. It might as well start with you. Let no­body look down on you, for what­ever...

Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis.

If the selection process is right and its members GOOD, then there could be no reason why the collection of the teammates be not BETTER and bright who would work in the BEST interest of...

Achievers are Believers in Commitments and Dreams. But, the great achievers believe in their own and others’ good CHARACTER too.

The standard of a true leader is that he sets also his own rules rather than merely and blindly obeying the set of standard rules, even if it means being treated as an idiot or...

99% of all addicts are liars and thieves. This might sound unfair and even close-minded, but it’s the truth. There are some exceptions to the rules, but they are incredibly rare. Most people are no...

I do this acting thing mostly for myself. I like to make a connection and communicate with the audience to make myself feel less lonely. I also do it to develop my own character, so...

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.