Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

I would sooner lose my best friend than my worst enemy. To have friends, you know, one need only be good-natured; but when a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about...

When I have to play the same role every day, I have the flexibility to play the character in so many different ways. It’s almost like playing five different roles.

I describe my plots as follows; A character is walking down the street when all of a sudden a piano falls on them. They spend the rest of the story digging out from under that...

They’re as much bothered by this character as we are up here.

Education should build character.

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I...

Character is what we do when no one else is watching”~R. Alan Woods [2012]

I could have concentrated on George Clooney’s character, … I could have had him in every scene and told the entire story from his point of view. That certainly would have made my life a...

All of us have a lot of sides to ourselves, but the fun thing about being actor is you make one side predominant for the character you’re playing.

Honesty defines self respect.

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don’t like dictates and the phoniness of appearance.

A lot of people who read my novel ‘Smog City’ ask me why I never killed off either of the two main characters. To be honest, it’s because I’ve given them life. Not literally of...

I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.

Never stand in the way of letting God use people’s actions, in order to solve a greater issue in the world.

People that hold onto hate for so long do so because they want to avoid dealing with their pain. They falsely believe if they forgive they are letting their enemy believe they are a doormat....

I watched a film called ‘Elephant’ recently. Its not stylish in the sense of expensive suits and Italian cars, but the styling on every single character is spot on.

I try to deign golf courses that are individual in character and individual in their own standing.

When I first got the audition for Shado, I went online and subscribed to DC Comics and read a bunch on Shado and the Yakuza, just to get to know her character better.

LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper. In his character of editor he is closely allied to the blackmailer by the tie of occasional identity; for in truth the lickspittle is...

They (Calgary) come out every night and bring it. If we come with that character every night we will have a chance to win every night.

Some preach when opportunity knocks open the door, others teach when opportunity does not knock build the door, but why can’t we reach out to our heart with our open mind door to build faith...

A person only likes his friend to the degree he relates and connects to his character.

People don’t treat a person actually wise by his capacity to give all suggestions good and nice, but by his capability to offer solutions to lies to make world better in the best interest of...

There is no waste of time, just a person’s haste to show his taste at the test of the time.

I don’t care about my character here on earth. I don’t care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord.

Giving up doesn’t define you, but how you stand in every choice and fight in every decision you’ve made reflects your character.

Feeble is the character, that bows to inflated ego, arrogance, and whines of affluent, whilst raising itself mercilessly on the humble and underprivileged.

I was always trying, even in pure action movies, to find what was sensitive about the character more than the pure action.

It’s great to see myself in a videogame, … I just wish my character was really this good when the game comes out.

Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don’t know if that’s because I’m a human being or because I’m an Irishman or both.

Strength of character will carry you further than physical strength alone.

Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.

A man carries within him the germ of his most exceptional action; and if we wise people make eminent fools of ourselves on any particular occasion, we must endure the legitimate conclusion that we carry...

There is no difference between the person who wishes he can change his bad character and did not and the person who never wished for it. Wishes alone don’t change the world!

We just could not get a rhythm going, you know, nothing consistent. Totally out of character for us. We kind of reverted back to the days of November.

We are the sum total of our choices.

I have my ethics and morals. I have my anchor point of what is right and wrong in real life, but I’m not afraid to entertain any and every aspect of personality in relationship to...

Don’t judge a person by how important he is or how big he is. Judge a person by the strength of character or size of his heart.

Love is not possession, it is acceptance of everything without intention. Fear is not possession, it is acceptance of everything without mention. The act of loving your fear, to nurture this insecurity for a greater...

That mess about judging people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin—that’s some bullshit. Nobody has the right to judge anybody else. Period. If you ain’t been in my...

Personal discipline is a most powerful character quality and one worthy of dedicating your life to nurturing.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love,...

We are like a bunch of dogs squirting on fire hydrants. We poison the groundwater with our toxic piss, marking everything MINE in a ridiculous attempt to survive our deaths. I can’t stop pissing on...

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

That’s the great thing about the ‘Sin City’ movies. Each little slot is incredibly meaningful, and each character has their own moment.