Quotes about character
character personality birth
Thus strength is afforded by good and thorough customs, thus is learnt the subjection of the individual, and strenuousness of character becomes a birth gift and afterwards is fostered as a habit. Friedrich Nietzsche
character talent can-do
What someone is, begins to be revealed when his talent abates, when he stops showing us what he can do.
character men principles
A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.
character mean thinking
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 self-worth will always be tied to what someone else thinks about you, forever out of your control. Jessica Valenti
character world setting
I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios. Jerry B. Jenkins
character ideas mind
The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea that with a few suggestions, each reader forms in his or her own mind what a character or a place looks like.
character holiness conformity
Holiness is not a series of do’s and don’ts but conformity to the character of God and obedience to the will of God. Jerry Bridges
character godly reality
Godly character flows out of devotion to God and practically confirms the reality of that devotion.
character holiness conformity
Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God
character godly men
Peace should be a hallmark of the godly person, first because it is a Godlike trait: God is called the God of peace several times in the New Testament. He took the initiative to establish peace with rebellious men, and He is the author of both personal peace as well as peace among men. Peace should be part of our character also because God has promised us His peace, because He has commanded us to let peace rule in our lives and relationships, and because peace is a fruit of the Spirit and therefore an evidence of His working in our lives.
character spirit virtue
Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more from sinful traits and developing within us over time the virtues of Christlike character.
character thinking play
When you have to play a character that seems to be a relatively decent person and seems to be like yourself, I think the trick in that kind of character, so that you don't become a cliche, is to find where their weaknesses are. Jennifer Beals
character ends wells
Oftentimes what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don't understand the other one, and the other one ends up not being written as well.
character thinking shoes
When I think about a character, it does start with the shoes: What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them? Jennifer Aniston
character choices limits
Cultural constraints condition and limit our choices, shaping our characters with their imperatives. Jeane Kirkpatrick
character trying smokers
I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation. Francesca Annis
character kids white
Sometimes she wore Levi's with white-suede fringe sewn down the legs and a feathered Indian headdress, sometimes old fifties' taffeta dresses covered with poetry written in glitter, or dresses made of kids' sheets printed with pink piglets or Disney characters. Francesca Lia Block
character writing cutting
Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't be afraid to make your characters suffer. Read what you love. Write what you love. Love.
character home gone
I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home. Fran Drescher
character thinking people
I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying. Forest Whitaker
character tribes culture
I was pretty much consumed by this character. Even when I was off, I was continually searching to find something else new about [Idi] Amin, and to embed myself deeper into the culture to the point that, in the end, I was so entrenched that I could tell what tribe someone was from just by looking at them.
character stay-true projects
I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character.
character thinking uganda
I certainly don' think I could've played the character [Idi Amin] the same way without being in Uganda. I loved working in Uganda.
character play light
I like to play complex characters and the duality, and trying to reach for the light, it's more interesting really. I've gotten to play so many types of guys and I just try to find the humanity in each one of them the best I can.
character together connections
I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you.
character uganda trying
Trying to understand, inside, what it is to be Ugandan was crucial to the character, because there are Ugandan ways of doing things that I was trying to capture. Even if I had made this movie in South Africa, it would not have been the same, because it is so specific to Uganda.
character firsts individual
[T]he first transactions of a nation, like those of an individual upon his first entrance into life make the deepest impression, and are to form the leading traits in its character. George Washington
character government revolution
Even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror.
character would-be found
If there was the same propensity in mankind for investigating the motives, as there is for censuring the conduct, of public characters, it would be found that the censure so freely bestowed is oftentimes unmerited and uncharitable.
character greatness great-character
It is to be lamented that great characters are seldom without a blot.
character spy ambassadors
An ambassador has no need of spies; his character is always sacred.
character men important
To point out the importance of circumspection in your conduct, it may be proper to observe that a good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous.
character adversity liberty
The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity.