Quotes About Character

not Tony! She studied his

Some people leave a legacy of goodness behind them.

If you can be pretty and smart and kind, well, that's what makes a real princess.

Gorgeous is just lucky DNA. You're...vivid, he decided. Compelling. That's the sort of thing that comes from inside spaces, so it's better than gorgeous. If you want my opinion.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means, at the point of highest reality. —C. S. Lewis

What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character? HENRY JAMES

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

You're all right, young Magee. You're all right. Since you are, I'll tell you this. That lovely lass inside Gallagher's won't settle for less in a man than hot blood, a strong backbone, and a clever brain. I'm considering you have all three.

life's marked along the way, darlin', by the deeds we do, for good or ill. Those we leave behind judge those marks, and remember.

She's just mean. I guess some people are, and if they never pay a real price for it, they just get meaner.

I bet you're a really nice guy. He didn't sigh, but he wanted to. I've been accused of it.

Anyone who has character leaves a mark on another.

I'll tell you, he's a man of rules. You don't cheat, steal, or lie. You don't misuse animals or take advantage of those weaker than you. You don't spoil for a fight ... but you don't walk away from one. You stand for your friends and for your round in the pub. You never touch a woman who belongs to another, and you don't give your word unless you intend to keep it.

Truth is not affected by the attitude of the one professing it.

Creamos hombres sin corazón y esperamos de ellos virtud y valentía. Nos reímos del honor y nos sorprendemos al encontrar traidores entre nosotros.

The Armenians," Bristol wrote, "are a race like the Jews—they have little or no national spirit and poor moral character.

Is there anything more attractive than a polite person with limitless self-belief? There is not.

I never feel weird about being the main character in the nontransferable, nonexistent movie of my life. That's totally fine. What makes me nervous is a growing suspicion that this movie is fucked up and devoid of meaning. The auteur is a nihilist.

I've had the great pleasure of meeting Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase," ex–Sex Pistols vocalist John Lydon once told Rolling Stone. "I found him completely dishonest and totally likable, because he doesn't care.

We secretly know that being seen as nice is the same as being nice in actuality. If you present yourself as a nice person, that becomes the prism for how your other actions are judged. The deeper motives that drive you can only be questioned by those who know you exceptionally well, and (most of the time) not even by them. If you act nice, you're nice.

So this, I suspect, is where we really begin: In any situation, the villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.

Someone has said, "If you squeeze a lemon, you should get lemon juice. If you squeeze an orange, you should get orange juice. If you squeeze a Christian, you should get Christ.

Everything is a self-portrait. A diary. Your whole drug history's in a strand of your hair. Your fingernails. The forensic details. The lining of your stomach is a document. The calluses on your hand tell all your secrets. Your teeth give you away. Your accent. The wrinkles around your mouth and eyes. Everything you do shows your hand.

you're doomed at being you.