Quotes About Character

For a long time now, movie characters have generally been articulate, even chatty. Call it the influence of Woody Allen, but we have become used to characters who are well able to explain themselves to others.

I used to dress up and impersonate our next-door neighbor, Miss Cox. She wore rubber boots, a wool hat, and her nose always dripped.

All you have in business is your reputation - so it's very important that you keep your word.

Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence. Everyone is different in what I will call magnitude, but the capacity to achieve character is still the same.

I always understood the importance of relationships, respect, standing on your word and your name being good.

My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.

A word of advice is, when you judge someone, it doesn't define the person that you're judging. It defines you.

As the camera, I try to subordinate every word to be truthful and honest to each character's context.

I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.

Have we been going up and down in business, and are those round about us as yet unaware of our Christian character? Have we never spoken to them the Word of Life? Lord, arouse us to a deep concern for all with whom we come in contact from day to day.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

Look up the word role in the dictionary and you'll see it means playing a part. That's why I call myself a real model.

Insight into character comes from listening intently to the spoken word. The physical person, their charisma, charm and dramatic flair is more often used to persuade audiences, as they use these stealth tools of disguise and deception.

'Credit' is another word for trustworthiness.

I think every first-person narrator in a novel should be compromised. I prefer that word to 'unreliable.'

The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.

I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.

As NFL players, we have such a platform to spread the Word of God. And that is an area I don't mind speaking out on at all. As far as talking about my football skills, however, I will let my abilities and actions speak for themselves.

I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses.

I always think of the word 'abandonment' when I think of the character.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

Deed, not words shall speak me.

Words can come and go. Your acts are going to speak for themselves.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.