Character Quotes

Every day people judge all other people. The question is whether they judge wisely.

~ Orson Scott Card

He must shape simultaneously (in an expanding creative moment) his characters, plot, and setting, each inextricably connected to the others; he must make his whole world in a single, coherent gesture, as a potter makes a pot...

~ John Gardner

The unnamed should not be mistaken for the nonexistent.

~ Jean De La Bruyère

The very essence of politeness is to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves.

~ Jean De La Bruyère

As our fathers said, you can tell a ripe corn by its look.

~ Chinua Achebe

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

~ Saadi

He lost the great big outward thing, the good- looking package, and the real parts endured. They shine through like crazy, the brillian mind and humor, the depth of generosity, the intense blue yes, those beautiful hands.

~ Anne Lamott

There are no perfectly honorable men, but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones.

~ George Bernard Shaw

Judge a person not by how he treats you, but how he treats others. The former reflects what he wants you to think of him, the latter truly reflects who he is.

~ Betty Jamie Chung

Ian was a good man—honest, trustworthy, loyal, and of honorable character. His desire to keep his promise to Angelle and to be a respectable servant of Harrowbeth would always take president over any personal feelings, no matter how intense or gratifying they might be. He would never betray Harrowbeth. He would never cheat Derian or Angelle. He would never deceive his queen, even if in so doing he would find a love and happiness they both longed to share. His commitment to what he saw as right meant more.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

There is no pressure to perform, to succeed, because we already have. If your family and community accepts you, who else must you impress? Just yourself and God, ja?

~ Sarah Price

A chief cause of worry and unhappiness in life is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.

~ Maralee Mckee

The dysfunction was not the character of one person, it was the split of family by divorce, with the ripples felt for eternity by bloodline.

~ Amber Garibay

Great men are strong men with great leadership qualities. They inspire others to be loving and caring like themselves. By this their character is made stronger.

~ Ellen J. Barrier

Its not the content nor context,rather, its the character that masses heed to.

~ Arap Yegon Chitabkoret

Some of us are always in the borderlands no matter where we might be on the map.

~ James Carlos Blake

For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character.

~ Cressida Cowell

The Prophet's character was termed tremendous because his concern was for God alone.

~ Imam Junayd Al-Baghdadi

You’re noble enough, Baudelaires. That’s all we can ask for in this world.

~ Lemony Snicket

You express the truth of your character with the choice of your actions.

~ Steve Maraboli

What do you believe reveals more about a man’s character, his arrogance or his attempt to disguise it?

~ Aaron B. Powell

If you give people a chance, they shine.

~ Billy Connolly

There was nothing fake or added about him. He was all himself.

~ Colin Cotterill

To test a man, determine how much it takes to make him lie.

~ C.j. Langenhoven

Judge character by behavior.

~ Lizelle Duplessis

Confession: I don't want everybody to be beautiful, not in that unlined, creaseless, symmetrical way. Android beauty, like it comes out of a test tube. Beauty without blemish or mark. Not only do I not identify with such people, I don't believe in them either. I don't even find them attractive. This is what makes watching television so hard: they don't cast actors anymore, only models. When they make a movie of my life, they'd better cast a character actor in the lead. Don't try to tell me I'm not a character.

~ Lisa Samson

Cooperation is a higher moral principle than competition.

~ Bryant Mcgill

Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis.

~ Bryant Mcgill

If we think of the novel and the epic...The difference lies in the fact that the important thing about the epic is a hero--a man who is a pattern for all men. While, as Mencken pointed out, the essence of most novels lies in the breaking down of a man, in the degeneration of character.

~ Jorge Luis Borges

A well-developed and versed character will write the story for you.

~ A.r. Voss

Character primarily is honesty with God, ones-self, and others.~R. Alan Woods [2013]

~ R. Alan Woods

The character of Jesus can only be ultimately known experientially through the indwelling of His Spirit in union with us.~The character of Jesus can only be ultimately known experientially through the indwelling of His Spirit in union with us.~R. Alan Woods [2013]

~ R. Alan Woods

You can speak with spiritual eloquence, pray in public, and maintain a holy appearance... but it is your behavior that will reveal your true character.

~ Steve Maraboli

But if Crake wanted her to stay longer on any given night, do it again maybe, she'd make some excuse—jet lag, a headache, something plausible. Her inventions were seamless, she was the best poker-faced liar in the world, so there would be a kiss goodbye for stupid Crake, a smile, a wave, a closed door, and the next minute there she would be, with Jimmy.

~ Margaret Atwood

A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values.

~ Marcus Aurelius

Every man of character will have that character questioned. Every man of honor and courage will be faced with unjust criticism, but never forget that unjust criticism has no impact whatsoever upon the truth. And the only sure way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and be nothing.

~ Andy Andrews

One's character is set at an early age, son. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. He was quiet for a minute then dropped the curtain and said, I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.

~ Wendelin Van Draanen

Everyone makes mistakes, but only a person with integrity owns up to them.

~ Nicole Guillaume

Speak less and listen more.

~ Zai

Just think how happy you'd be if you lost everything you have right now & then got it back.

~ Ronald Reagan