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.

I’m afraid that we all make mistakes. One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes. If we lie about having made a mistake, then it can’t be corrected and it...

My character on ‘I’m In the Band,’ Derek Jupiter of Iron Weasel, is definitely one of the crazier ones. That’s completely on the other end of the spectrum. There’s absolutely nothing like Derek any shape...

You must be prepared to sacrifice your self-love to the cause, you must be ready to treat the cause as if it is life itself.

By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets.

SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as, the Dalai Lama of Thibet; the Moogum of M’bwango; the temple of Apes in Ceylon; the Cow in...

…he’ll come back. We all come back, kate. These private little revolutions always die. The compromise is always made. In a peculiar way. Frank is right– every man does have a star. The star of...

The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by...

All people have at least their own one theory of an ideal life, but not that which is ideally acceptable to one and all.

A man is at his best when he is simply not like the rest in all his life’s test.

Never judge any person by his answers or questions but by his nature of character solely.

When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.

A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk.

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust.

A few times he fell behind and got into trouble but he showed some character and battled out.

No one ever developed their character by arranging their experiences in such a way that only ‘good’ things are allowed to happen to them. Character is not purchased with a dance in the street. It...

Miss Ingram was a mark beneath jealousy: she was too inferior to excite feeling. Pardon the seeming paradox; I mean what I say. She was very showy, but she was not genuine; she had a...

Every life of a character is within a context. If I write detached from a social and political background, my story looks like a soap opera where everybody is indoors, not working and living off...

I think we all can identify with the journey of the main character (John) as he takes steps for deeper spirituality.

The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone.

To a leader, reputation is an option, but true character is a necessity!

Where your flesh is in front, your future is behind.

Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.

Would you have references?””I’m awfully sorry but I haven’t. I just arrived in New York, and don’t know a soul. Except you.” I smiled but she didn’t smile back. She stood hesitating, and I said,...

My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and write these back stories about a character and then you throw it away....

To find a man’s true character, play golf with him.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right is to get by,and the only thing that’s wrong is to get caught.

I started doing some acoustic things. When my character was out at sea on a tanker, running his fleet, he’d just noodle around on his guitar. So I did an Eric Clapton song, and then...

It showed a lot of character. Getting in late after an emotional win, we could have just made it respectable but we did our job and wanted to win and that showed.

He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote… takes on the character of divine...

I think he’s going to be a fantastic new character.

I believe the most intricate plot won’t matter much to readers if they don’t care about the characters, especially in a series. So I try to focus hard on making each character, whether villain or...

When everything seems to be lacking integrity, you find it in yourself.