Good Character Quotes
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Good Character Quotes & Sayings
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Good or evil, it doesn't really matter, so long as your novel's character is interesting.
— Mark Rubinstein
When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in.
— Patrick Wilson
Reading leads to good character development.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
When good men die, their goodness does not perish, but lives though they are gone. As for the bad, all that was theirs dies and is buried with them.
— Euripides
When it comes to building character, wealth, good looks, athletic ability and even a high IQ are more likely to be impediments than advantages.
— Michael Josephson
Karate is not about techniques and their execution, but about boldness, integrity and fight for justice and common good
— Soke Behzad Ahmadi
It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.
— Plutarch
Matching character and actor is what a good director does.
— Bruno Dumont
The real training is building character for a good conduct.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.
— Crystal Reed
Falsehood of a good man is better than truth of a bad one.
— Raheel Farooq
I'm good when I've got a bit of an edge, like the Clint Eastwood type of archetypal character. The tough guy that doesn't say a lot.
— Scott Adkins
Good intentions are simply not enough. Our character is defined and our lives are determined not by what we want, say or think, but by what we do.
— Michael Josephson
I think I'm a good judge of character.
— Tamara Ecclestone
The notion that public service requires men and women of good character now seems quaint.
— Elliott Abrams
I think the good stories are those where the character decides to break away and do something different.
— Keri Russell
Speech, after all, is in some measure an expression of character, and flexibility in its use is a good way to tell your friends from the robots.
— Jacques Barzun
Good conflict should push your character further and further from their goals, yet strengthen their motivation to push ahead. Many,
— Susan May Warren
What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him.
— Thomas Perry
Many good people mistake their reputation for their character. It is a mistake I have made many, many times.
— John McCain
It's good fun to create an unpredictable character. When he comes into the room, I don't know what he's going to do - I have to find my way.
— Martin Amis
You can't be a good leader without good character.
— Tony Boselli
I have a very healthy appetite for good writing and good characters. Having weak writing is my biggest fear.
— Michael K. Williams
Im a pretty good judge of character.
— Ed Weeks
It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.
— Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Character consists of the moral awareness and strength to know the good, love the good and do the good.
— Thomas Lickona
You will realize one day that all the money in the world cannot buy you happiness. Nor can it make you a person of good character.
— Richelle E. Goodrich
My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.
— Beau Bridges
To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately.
— Josh Billings
White House cultures inevitably reflect the president's character. Jimmy Carter is a thoroughly honest, good person. So was his White House.
— Bill Drayton
Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.
— Diana Gabaldon
In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.
— John Stuart Mill
It's more fun to play a good character with a good director and good actors around you. That's what makes it fun, and the more variety, the better.
— Salma Hayek
I'd rather watch a character be good at something and be challenged - there's more to play in that.
— Melissa McCarthy
Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.
— Carroll O'Connor
Individual effort is good but collective effort is better. We need a NETWORK of nation builders
— Fela Durotoye
Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered ...
— Merikare
We are all good friends. Friendship is what endures. Shared ideals, respect for the whole character of a human being.
— E.L. Doctorow
In fashion, it's always better to be an interesting person than a beautiful one. Character is much more fascinating than pure good looks.
— Carine Roitfeld
Hair and make-up people don't get enough credit for what they do. It's not just making people look good. It's really creating the character.
— Kristen Connolly
Mrs. Hopewell had no bad qualities of her own but she was able to use other people's in such a constructive way that she never felt the lack.
— Flannery O'Connor
If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
— Daniel Bruhl
Kind old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always go to a good man, they say[.]
— Virginia Woolf
For my part, the good novel of character is the novel I can always pick up; but the good novel of incident is the novel I can never lay down.
— Agnes Repplier
Slater's a big star and he's been in the business a long time. He's always in a good mood and easygoing but he takes his character very seriously.
— Uwe Boll
What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?
— Ann Radcliffe
The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
— George Orwell
To Lilo, Suleika, Constance, and Raul, thank you for coming up with some really good character names when I was in a pinch.
— Kayti Nika Raet
Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.
— Jimmy Johnson
he hadn't killed or shagged even one single person in front of me - which I felt was a rather good indication of his superior character.
— Hettie Ivers
It's good to play something that's black and white, and a guy that sees right and wrong. I've never played a character like that.
— David Lyons
I'm not that much of a researcher. I'm good at channeling characters, and I'm good at structure.
— Jami Attenberg
The good don't masquerade their goodness, they just are.
— Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Character is the line in the sand between the worst of the good people and the best of the bad ones
— Johnny Flora
A good character will be recognized by a good
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September 8, 2016 — Petra Hermans
Good-humor only teaches charms to last,
Still makes new conquests and maintains the past. — Alexander Pope
Still makes new conquests and maintains the past. — Alexander Pope
Freedom is not the ability to do whatever you want. Freedom is the strength of character to do what is good, true, noble, and right.
— Matthew Kelly
Fills the heart with its unforgettable characters and small-town charm. A feel-good read as welcome as a favorite friend!
— Christie Ridgway
A good name is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels of life is lost forever.
— Josiah Johnson Hawes
You'll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isn't rolling.
— Brendan Fehr
Humility is as good for the soul as it is for the memory
— Patricia C. Wrede
A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot.
— Richelle E. Goodrich
Manifests a good person, a good character, a good habit, and also because good deeds gradually form good habits, good character, good persons.
— Peter Kreeft
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.
— John C. Maxwell
Well," Etta said weakly, "she's always told me a good challenge builds character."
"Then we'll have an excess of it," he said dryly. — Alexandra Bracken
"Then we'll have an excess of it," he said dryly. — Alexandra Bracken
Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are good things too.
— Lauren Myracle
I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.
— Avicii
I like playing a character that admires real musicianship, and real talent and hard work. I think that's a good message for everyone.
— Elizabeth Gillies
I go on the presumption that everyone's full of shit until proven otherwise, and this usually serves me in good stead.
— Dennis Lehane
A person's ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.
— Amish Tripathi
Character is what is hidden deep, shows up in the worst of times, be it good or bad, and reflects the heart of a man.
— Robin M. Bertram
Good character improves every aspect of a person's life.
— John C. Maxwell
What does it say about your character if you do bad things while claiming it's all in the name of good?
— Ernie Lindsey
If she hasn't learned to appreciate my sterling character and spectacular good looks by this time, it's not likely she will.
— Elizabeth Peters
I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.
— Stefan Edberg
Good character is Beauty
— Treasure Stitches
Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.
— Ann Landers
Success is good for the character.
— John Mortimer
The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.
— Abigail Van Buren
It doesn't matter if your lead character is good or bad. He just has to be interesting, and he has to be good at what he does.
— David Chase
There is much difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him.
— Benjamin Franklin
My strength is character. I'm pretty good at building walking-talking humans with brains like beehives.
— Christopher Bollen
In any character I ever play, whether she's good or bad or whatever, my most important thing is heart.
— Laura Prepon
No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness .
— Harry Emerson Fosdick