Quotes About Character

Be a good listener in the special way a story requires: note the manner of presentation; the development of plot, character; the addition of new dramatic sequences; the emphasis accorded to one figure or another in the recital; and the degree of enthusiam, of coherence, the narrator gives to his or her account.

Abraham Lincoln did not go to Gettysburg having commissioned a poll to find out what would sell in Gettysburg. There were no people with percentages for him, cautioning him about this group or that group or what they found in exit polls a year earlier. When will we have the courage of Lincoln?

I guess this place is where your intellect changes. I guess it's no behavior-modification place. but a history tutor said Harvard used to be . . . worried as much about the students' morality, their character, as . . . exams.

Prove yourself brave, truthful, and unselfish, and someday you will be a real boy.' The Blue Fairy said that. In Pinocchio.

Who are you?' 'They call me Good-Looking Joe,' the stranger replied. 'You gave yourself that name, right?' Joe laughed. 'Only the Joe part.

Consciousness returned to Shane like a unpaid whore with an angry pimp

If you're an actor, always be true to your character. If you are not an actor, have character and always be true to yourself.

His ego was just too big, almost as if he were genetically predisposed to be an ass.

I hope you make those decisions because you feel they are the right thing to do, not because of peer pressure or because you're trying to fit in.

Our skin, our hair, and our eyes are simply the shell that surrounds our soul, and our soul is who we are. What counts is on the inside." "People don't make fun of what's on the inside

I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

His concern was not with programs to reach the multitudes, but with men whom the multitudes would follow.

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend--or to keep one.

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

You are only what you are when no one is looking.

Mithorden: 'We become what we do, Zalos.

character is not made in a crisis- it is only exhibited

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.

Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power.

Arguments cannot be answered by personal abuse; there is no logic in slander, and falsehood, in the long run, defeats itself.

Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test.