Quotes About Character

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.

We have a set of core values. Honesty, respect.

We don't need leaders who wear flag pins in their lapel, but rather men and women who have the guts to tell us the truth.

You don't have to like a man to respect him.

Speak for yourself. Only rank ignorance measures a man by appearances.

What is our experience, but the reflected truth of our misapprehensions and short-falls? And also the grace of our beauty and strength, and the wise choices that make up our character?

leaders sometimes make a difference. But it depends on the type of leader, and on the type of effect examined.

the measure of a person was her ideas

Who do readers expect to see when they pick up this book? Who has won the Most Troubled Romantic Lead at the BookWorld Awards seventy-seven times in a row? Me. All me.

Pretty?' I said, swivelling in the driver's seat to face him, 'you want to ask me out because I'm pretty?' 'Is there a problem with asking you out because you're pretty?' 'I think you blew it,' said Tiger with a grin. 'You should be asking her out because she's smart, witty, mature beyond her years and every moment in her company makes you want to be a better person - pretty of face should be at the bottom of the list.' 'Oh, blast,' said Perkins despondently. 'It should, shouldn't it?

being written by someone who might not quite understand the subconscious nuance of the character leaves us in varying degrees of flatness.

Well, each interpretation of an event, setting or character is unique to each of those who read it because they clothe the author's description with the memory of their own experiences. Every character they read is actually a complex amalgam of people they've met, read or seen before - far more real than it can ever be just from the text on the page. Because every reader's experiences are different, each book is unique for each reader.

1.1.19.02.006: Team sports are mandatory in order to build character. Character is there to give purpose to team sports.

Mr McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature.

He's not as bad as everyone makes out. He might buy venerable old companies and strip their assets, causing numerous layoffs and the odd corporate suicide or two, but that's business. Inside, he's a big teddy bear.

Joffy, said Joffy, brother of Thursday. Hamlet, said Hamlet,Prince of Denmark

While most humans are wired to be reasonably decent, a few are wired to be utter shits -- and they do tend to tip the balance.

Emperor," I said, "if a character has run its course, then it's run its course. What do you want me to do? Go and talk the author out of it?" "Would you?" replied Zhark, opening his eyes wide. "Would you really do that?" "No. You can't have characters trying to tell their authors what to write in their books. Besides, within your books you are truly evil and need to be punished.

Honor is kind of what you get when you weaponize manners ...

The four opposing forces in any novel are atmosphere, plot, character and pace. But they don't have to be in equilibrium. You can have a book without any plot or pace at all, but it has to make up for it in character and a bit of atmosphere—like The Old Man and the Sea. Most thrillers are plot and pace and nothing else, such as Where Eagles Dare. But it doesn't matter; each to a reader's own—

Until you get into the swing of it, play her subtly different on alternate readings. Hamlet's been doing it for years. Of course, he has twenty-six different ways of playing himself, but then he's had a lot of practice. In fact, I don't think even he knows his motivation any more- unless you count confusing readers and giving useful employment to Shakespearean scholars.

O sea que se puede ser un buen escritor siendo un grandísimo hijo de puta. Qué...

La valía de un hombre se mide por la cantidad de enemigos que tiene.

One final note from the world of fiction: You'll be more believable if you're not perfect. A useful flaw in your character makes you more interesting and gives you a hook so that you penetrate deeply into the minds of your marketplace. The marketplace then sees you as human and real. By