Quotes About Character

Time is the best preserver of righteous men.

You cannot have a good character today and at the same time have a small mind and a little heart. You cannot have a good character today and be merely a petty reformer.

A man, so to speak, who is not able to bow to his own conscience every morning is hardly in a condition to respectfully salute the world at any other time of the day.

Because of Christ, even our catastrophes have purpose. God is preparing our character for the time when we will see Him face to face.

I like to do my research, get in the right mental state for the person I'll be portraying. A lot of time, it's just incorporating a lot of what that person would be into, into my daily routine.

The last time we had Freddy in reality was part two and Freddy sort of went out on his own.

Men of great spirit are at high risk at a time when small souls rule the world.

It sure is boring to be around people who are in character all the time. I always find it's closer to mental illness than acting excellence.

I never duck out of a fight; I don't care what the hell the odds are, and I'm rough at times, but I try to be a decent guy all the time. That's the way I've always lived.

We start off wearing frilly shirts and britches and being good guys and the heroes. And then as time goes on, every English actor ends up playing bad guys. That's what we do.

Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character worthy of our trust and admiration.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.

Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.

I think in this movie, every time I see his work, I'm blown away by it because he, to me, he really embodied the character so powerfully and so real, so truthfully to me.

In my time, we served with noble and ethical leaders: Gerry Ford, Bob Michael, John Rhodes, men of impeccable honesty. We didn't have anybody locked up for a violation of ethics.

It was great to do August Rush and have all the challenges of playing that character, especially the American accent for the first time and also playing the guitar and the conducting I had to do.

Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and character of events throughout past time and in all places. The task is frankly superhuman.

The first time, where Fox Mulder and Scully met, she stands up for herself. She stands right there and gives it to him and that was extremely attractive.

We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice.

The Slothful do not have the time to become virtuous or despicable.

As a man falls out of favour and his wealth declines, we discover for the first time the ridiculous aspects of his character, which were always there but which wealth and favour had concealed.