Character Quotes

Minds that have withered into psychosis are far more terrifying than any character of fiction.

~ Christian Baloga

Confession: I don't want to be one of my characters. I'm mean to them sometimes. Really mean.

~ Michelle M. Pillow

Ah, yeah. Yeah, tis awful all right. Well, your Mam wanted me to talk to you about it, but…’He stopped; he didn’t know what else to say.‘Yeah? Ah, I know the score, Dad. She wants me to be careful, is it?’‘Ah, no. Well, yeah; there’s that, of course. No, she wanted… well, if you’d any questions, youknow?’ I wasn’t sure if he wanted me to say yes, or if he just wanted me to say no, and save himhaving to be awkward. He looked lost. I felt like I wanted to save him‘No, I’ve no questions, Dad. It’s all right, shur.’ He looked at me then. His eyes went wet, likehe was going to start bawling. If we were in a film, he might have hugged me. But we were inLimerick, so he just said:‘Well, so,’ and put his one glove back on.From The Boys of Summer

~ Ciarán West

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

~ August Wilson

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

~ Mark Twain

What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to race, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us. We can alter the chemistry provided we have the courage to dissect the elements.

~ Anaïs Nin

I don't care what people say about how I look or even their opinion on my relationship. But the moment you judge my character is when we have a problem.

~ Rachelle Friedman

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

~ Maya Angelou

...[S]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not.

~ Socrates

Start working on your child’s mind. Start building your child’s character. Raise your child as a human being, instead of raising boys and girls. Raise human beings with the religion of love in their hearts. Raise human beings with the language of compassion on their lips. Raise human beings with the color of joy on their face. Raise human beings with the force of bravery in their nerves. And these brave conscientious souls with the flames of compassion in their hearts shall one day change the course of human history.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love.

~ Julian Assange

Courageous people run toward the problem rather than away from it.

~ Frank Sonnenberg

In the little chaos of Pearl's character there might be seen emerging-and could have been from the very first-the steadfast principles of an unflinching courage-an uncontrollable will-a sturdy pride which might be disciplined into self-respect-and a bitter scorn of many things, which, when examined, might be found to have the taint of falsehood in them.

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Courage is winning small battles with great honor.

~ Nathan S. Colestock

Every person fails, nobody achieves everything that he or she set out to achieve. Nobody, regardless of how many personal triumphs they enjoy, no matter how rich or powerful they become, goes through life without encountering failure. You cannot fail unless a person valiantly tries to accomplish a task. The most audacious person readily attempts difficult projects, despite feeling uncertain if they can prevail. Successful people exhibit the character to respond positively to failure. Some failures prove instrumental in altering a person’s outlook, and their revised perspective leads to brilliant successes

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

All revered spiritual leaders, political leaders, and diplomats, captains of industry, intellectuals, and winning generals exhibit genuine humility that empowers them to act with integrity and courage under the most distressing circumstances.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Courage isn't something you can conjure, it's either in you or it's not.

~ Vikki Wakefield

How you correct your mistakes will define your character and commitment to a higher power.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Behind those thick glasses (of TR's) was a man who did not blink.

~ John Taliaferro

Be strong. There is hope in any situation.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Our long wanderings have made a man out of him, too. They have not only strengthened his frame and hardened his constitution, but they have given stability to his character. He is thoughtful and prudent, and his advice will always be valuable, while of his courage I have no doubt.

~ G.a. Henty

At Times I Am A Flower...at times I am a flower ~singularly defined ...

~ Muse

You might lose battles in your life time. However, every person that stands bravely on the side of justice, for people that have no voice, wins the true battle---Gods.

~ Shannon L. Alder

It is through strength of character, not luck, do we form the predictable path of our future.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Decisions of character come from understanding that they are accountable to God only, not to family, spouses, religious leaders, corporations, public opinion or your own ego.

~ Shannon L. Alder

When your cause is noble, you shall never know fear.

~ Justin K. Mcfarlane Beau

To show courage you must be in tune with your core values, understand your own fears and desires, committed to your integrity and tenacious in your ability to live it all in the face of oppostion.

~ #Name?

God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the obstacles they encountered out of the pathway for others.

~ Shannon L. Alder

If we don't fight for what we 'stand for' with our passionate words and honest actions, do we really 'stand' for anything?

~ Tiffany Madison

Love opens the most impossible gates in the world.

~ Abhijit Naskar

People who are driven by their values will overcome hurdles, difficulties, and obstacles in ways that people driven only by profit will never be able to

~ Simon S. Tam

Live in such a way that when you die you leave God in your will for your children.

~ Shannon L. Alder

To such an extent does passion manifest itself in us as a temporary and distinct character, which not only takes the place of our normal character but actually obliterates the signs by which that character has hitherto been discernible.

~ Marcel Proust

Nothing matures a Man like RESPONSIBILITIES,Nothing humbles him like MISSED OPPORTUNITIES,What makes him are his CHOICES,And nothing changes him like LOVE.Nothing defines a Man like his CHARACTER,Nothing teaches him like his EXPERIENCE,What drives him is his VISION,And nothing weakens him like BETRAYAL.Nothing scares a Man like losing his EGO,Nothing pursues him like his PASSION,What interests him is his GAME,And nothing intoxicates him like his DESIRES.But above all, NOTHING FAVOURS A MAN LIKE FINDING A GOOD WOMAN.

~ Olaotan Fawehinmi

Sometimes what you love to do could even make many people to hate you. You may go through non-formal torments, character assassinations, verbal assaults and societal rejections, but if you are convinced about your love for what you are doing, you will never give up.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Being passionate about something is the most beautiful characteristic you can develop.

~ Charlotte Eriksson

Portrayals and perceptions are only one in the same to the actor himself.

~ Vaeeshia Ratcliff-Davis

DeYtH Banger is a character, who is famous because of me, who is created by me and who lives by me...

~ Deyth Banger

Every penny that has always been earned with integrity by a person to lead life with a real simplicity has only perhaps helped to serve Almighty & protect and preserve humanity in the society.

~ Testy Mctesterson

A movie that gets closer to the life's reality of the society finds always more words of mouth publicity in entirety.

~ Testy Mctesterson