Quotes About Character

We ought to be moved to choose the good not simply through a cold and gritty decision driven by our intellect or our will, but also by our heart.

Purity is not about seeing less of the body, but about seeing more of the person.

But if you hope to find real love, look for a guy who has morals, not one who simply tolerates them.

A great work ethic isn't about working whenever you're called upon. It's about doing what you say you're going to do, putting in a fair day's work, respecting the work, respecting the customer, respecting coworkers, not wasting time, not creating unnecessary work for other people, and not being a bottleneck. Work ethic is about being a fundamentally good person

There's a beauty to imperfection. This is the essence of the Japanese principle of wabi-sabi. Wabi-sabi values character and uniqueness over a shiny facade.

There's a beauty to imperfection. This is the essence of the Japanese principle of wabi-sabi. Wabi-sabi values character and uniqueness over a shiny facade. It teaches that cracks and scratches in things should be embraced. It's also about simplicity. You strip things down and then use what you have.

There's a beauty to imperfection. This is the essence of the Japanese principle of wabi-sabi. Wabi-sabi values character and uniqueness over a shiny facade. It teaches that cracks and scratches in things should be embraced. It's also about simplicity. You strip things down and then use what you have.

I wasn't a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star - I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie.

I'd learned, though, that life isn't a movie. Though it's nice to believe in white-hatted heroes and black-hatted villains, people are a lot more complex than that.

I watch a lot of Law & Order. Olivia Benson is my spirit animal.

Leonard Denton had a squeaky clean rep in the department, squeaky to the point where people almost assumed he would flip out one day and go postal. He was efficient and by the book, admirable qualities. But being admired and having admirable qualities were two totally different animals.

I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we're doing here, or little stuff like, 'Why aren't I happier?' With every film I feel like I'm apologising for something. I feel I'm most successful when I'm looking for something that embarrasses me about my character that I'd like to expose.

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

Emotional math is really a subset of a larger dynamic. When something goes wrong and I am part of it, I will tend to attribute my actions to the situation; you will tend to attribute my actions to my character.

Evil is a word used by the ignorant and the weak

The right to challenge a man's judgment carries with it no automatic right to question his honor.

Sometimes we fail to enjoy living in an Immanuel reality due to a distorted per 9 ception of God's character.

Jamie, when the stakes are high, I never cheat. I consider myself too important to do that.

Friendship is what endures. Shared ideals, respect for the whole character of a human being.

Ninety percent of who you are is invisible.

D)on't seek great reviews from small minds. They have neither the character nor the vocabulary for them.

If the master is not present in the house, all kinds of shady characters will take up residence there.

What matters to you is not necessarily what you say or believe, but what your actions and reactions reveal as important and serious to you.

Psychiatric diagnoses are considered to be technical and bounded; you are either in or out. In contrast, a biblical perspective puts many interpersonal differences on a continuum: people may have more or less of something. This is relevant to sins, spiritual gifts, weaknesses, and character qualities.