Quotes About Character

If I don't make it, don't let them cast some asshole to play me in the movie version of this

Age hasn't matured you. It's made those traits that were ticks in the twenty-five-year-old into full-blown affectations in the thirty-eight-year-old.

It [money] doesn't have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person. It doesn't. What matters is what you make. Whether it's a cake for bingo night or a costume for a saint or a wall of water--whatever you pour into this life is what makes you rich.

You must pray.' 'No, Sister.' Ciro smiled weakly. 'I'm not a good Catholic.' 'Well, Ciro, you're a good man, and that's more important.

A cassock does not make a man a priest, any more than a fine dress makes a woman truly beautiful - or good or generous or intelligent. Don't confuse the way someone looks with the way they are.

A man needs his father more as life progresses, not less. It is not enough to learn how to use a lathe, milk a cow, repair a roof; there are greater holes to mend, deeper wells to fill, that only a father's wisdom can sustain. A father teaches his son how to think a problem through, how to lead a household, how to love his wife. A father sets an example for his son, building his character from the soul outward.

A man needs his father more as life progresses, not less. It is not enough to learn how to use a lathe, milk a cow, repair a roof; there are greater holes to mend, deeper wells to fill, that only a father's wisdom can sustain. A father teaches his son how to think a problem through, how to lead a household, how to love his wife. A father sets an example for his son, building his character from the soul outward.

The best actors work the hardest but make it look easy. You have to master your nerves to do the job. You have to be willing to make a fool out of yourself. After a while, if you're smart and paying attention, bit by bit, line by line, you begin to understand how to interpret a character.

A cassock does not make a man a priest, any more than a fine dress makes a woman truly beautiful—or good or generous or intelligent. Don't confuse the way someone looks with the way they are. Grace is a rare thing.

In the last moments of his life Ciro realized that a truly good man is a rarity, a speck of gold in a mountain of slag.

I take my cue from deeds, not words.

For many men value appearances more than reality—thus they violate what's right. Everyone's prepared to sigh over some suffering man, though no sorrow really eats their hearts, or they can pretend to join another person's happiness forcing their faces into smiling masks. But a good man discerns true character— he's not fooled by eyes feigning loyalty, favouring him with watered-down respect.

A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves.

But to speak ill of people at hand who give no cause for blame, is to assume a right far distinct from justice.

ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right.

Thy tongue sounds in accordance with thy form. (Vulcan)

Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

Do not waste your pity on a scamp.

A man is known by the company he keeps.

Change of habit cannot alter Nature.

Aunque a los malvados se les castigue severamente, difícilmente cambian su naturaleza desviada.

He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends.

Fine feathers don't make fine birds.