The truth is that circumstances had done much to cultivate in Mrs. Tristram a marked tendency to irony. Her taste on many points differed from that of her husband, and though she made frequent concessions...

Reputation is made in a moment; Character is built over a lifetime.

She had always wanted to do every thing, and had made more progress in both drawing and music than many might have done with so little labour as she ever would submit to… She was...

Like at Halloween: I knew I’d arrived when I saw people dressing up on Halloween as my character.

We’re getting better looks at the basket, but we still played out of character. We missed free throw shots, we made turnovers and they outplayed us. That’s how you lose games.

People like you are the reason this album needed to be written in the first place. When you’ve got your salary, and your cosy little ivory tower, you’re dead happy to spout off about artistic...

Let me explain something about guitar playing. Everyone’s got their own character, and that’s the thing that’s amazed me about guitar playing since the day I first picked it up. Everyone’s approach to what can...

I’m not a singer. I’ve sung in character, but it’s just not my thing.

I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.

It’s not so much what we do that matters, but what kind of person we choose to be.

God does not expect of us what we cannot do, but He doesexpect what we can do’.

Confidence is a pencil best sharpened with paper.

It was like every attitude or action which reveals a man’s deep and hidden character; they bear no relation to what he has previously said, and we cannot confirm our suspicions by the culprit’s evidence,...

Virtue is what happens when someone has made a thousand small choices requiring effort and concentration to do something which is good and right, but which doesn’t come naturally. And then, on the thousand and...

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Wanting to be liked means being a supporting character in your own life, using the cues of the actors around you to determine your next line rather than your own script. It means that your...

Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else’s traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own...

As we celebrate President Reagan’s remarkable career and historic legacy, we also celebrate a man of strong character, deep conviction, unforgettable charm, and wonderful wit.

The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God’s church.

And I tell ya, when I sit in that sound booth and started reading the script and starting to get into the character, man, it’s an easy jump for me, because I understand what it’s...

We’ve gotten ourselves into holes, but somehow and some way we’ve found a way out. That shows the character of these guys. They really never give up.

share the journey.” The woman is grateful to be pursued, she opens up. They share the intimacies of their lives – their wounds, their walks with God. But he never commits. He enjoys her… then...

Knowledge cannot be maintained without character.

The average personality reshapes frequently, every few years even our bodies undergo a complete overhaul – desirable or not, it is a natural thing that we should change. All right, here were two people who...

Towns are like people. Old ones often have character, the new ones are interchangeable.

History is present in all my novels. And whether I am directly talking about the sociological moment or just immersing my character in the environment, I am very aware of it.

It’s a dramatic shift for my character. He has put away the hatred for his brother – the sibling rivalry, the envy. At the core of him is respect for what he knows Sonny to...

I can obviously relate to a character who is an artist, because the creative process is a big part of my life.

I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t’s and dot the i’s. It’s about character and integrity and work ethic.

I loved Old School. I thought Old School was very different than a lot of the comedies that had come out. And that character I liked. I tried to ground him very much in reality...

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.

As dye soaks fibres, drawn into them to change their colour forever, so does a memory, stinging or sweet, change the fibre of a man’s character.

It just so happened that my agent called and said, ‘There’s this movie ‘Pitch Perfect.’ Here are the sides.’ I think I originally read for Bumper, because Donald didn’t have much in the script, so...

Charisma without character is postponed calamity.

If you don’t have enemies, you don’t have character.

He that commends me to mine own contentCommends me to the thing I cannot get.I to the world am like a drop of waterThat in the ocean seeks another drop,Who, falling there to find his...

If you want to discover the true character of a person, you have only to observe what they are passionate about.

They did that little thing on South Park, and they mentioned my name and had a character of me judging a Halloween contest. It was really funny. That made me the coolest aunt on earth.

I have a bad reputation because I play evil from the outside but if you get closer I hide heaven inside me❤ ❤

Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.

Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it’s the warrior who wields it.

The win was as much for the character of the team as the skills we’ve shown over the last three months.

A true comedian is really a good humanitarian, but a very rare few match up to that high standard.

A person who has got truly his own hands in bagging the position where he stands in his career and society only gets the good friends in his life.

The consideration of the quantity often takes the precedence over that of the quality in many significant activity of the society as the ordinary minds are in the great majority and the extraordinary brains are...

By judging others, you make yourself easy to judge.

In some ways, what I learned is that you can take a character and breathe with them, and it’s up to the audience to interpret rather than you putting moral stamp on the character.

It’s a strange feeling. Everywhere I go, I’m the first. Step outside the rover? First guy ever to be there! Climb a hill? First guy to climb that hill! Kick a rock? That rock hadn’t...