character quotes

“Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!”

— Robert Burns

“True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion. ”

— Corliss Lamont

“It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people.”

— Antonio Banderas

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When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
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— Confucius

“All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.”

— Walt Disney

“Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.”

— Og Mandino

“The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition.”

— Sigmund Freud

“Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold. ”

— Euripides

“One can acquire everything in solitude except character.”

— Stendhal

“As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency”

— Aesop

“Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character. ”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Habits change into character.”

— Ovid

“Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.”

— Ovid

“He's meant to be that classic Homer, Ulysses, Hercules - a character who goes out or has some gift of some kind. He goes on a journey of discovery and part of that is falling into darkness - the temptations of life. ”

— Robert Redford

“I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character study movie.”

— Quentin Tarantino

“I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments. ”

— Dr Seuss

“The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before, it is sharp, cutting edge and sleek which are characteristics I try to apply when I'm out there on the basketball court.”

— Kobe Bryant

“Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time. ”

— George Washington Bush

“Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character. ”

— George Washington Bush

“Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. ”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“What I have in common with the character in 'Truman' is this incredible need to please people. I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started. ”

— Jim Carrey

“All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords. ”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot

“A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance. ”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot