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It is in the character of very few people to honour a prosperous friend without envy, and these very few people tend to become best friends. — Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

There are different types of readers. People draw lines at which three things intersect: the character, the author, and the reader. — David Bezmozgis

A nation's strength is found not in the number of its laws but in the character of its people. — James Montgomery Boice

I wanted to be funny for people who didn't care about fashion at all, to just to kind of exist as a silly character. — Ben Stiller

Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books. — David McCullough

It seems that many people who are deficient in character have an overabundance of charm. I — Lawana Blackwell

I do not want a player who is a perfect man and has a fantastic character. That's the kind of guy I want for my daughter as a man. — Jose Mourinho

A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a people who mean to be free. — Thomas Jefferson

Everything Changes. The only thing that remains immovable across the centuries and fixes the character of a people is cooking. — Victor Hugo

I am not just my hair; I proved to myself that I am a cast of characters. I'm feeling freer to venture out of the 'look' people know me for. — Pamela Anderson

If you will show me the songs which a people or a community sing, then I will tell you the character of that community. — Rudger Clawson

A lot of people loved to hate my character on 24. I want to be the character people love to love. — Elisha Cuthbert

The measure of your character is not what you do when people are looking. It's what you do when you think no one is looking. — Jason Mraz

Ultimately, you change the culture in Washington only one way, and it's one election at a time, with the character of the people you send. — Paul Sadler

My philosophy is always, "Let's get the spirit of the character." If people believe in it and the spirit of it, then it will work. — Julian Jarrold

Our politics suffers from a shortage of people who put character and country before career and personal gain. — Cal Thomas

Men who wield great violence at home against their wives and children are invariably people of weak character. — Haruki Murakami

A man's reputation is the opinion people have of him; his character is what he really is. — Jack Miner

There is a strength of character in the people who have, by and large, never experienced comfort. — Sean Penn

I'm always on the side of the characters, rather than the side of the people attacking them. I get realistic. It's not gratuitous. — Alexandre Aja

I'm just enjoying playing a character of myself. People's mouths drop when I dance, but my friends are like, "You dance like that in the kitchen!" — Miley Cyrus

There are people who seem to have no notion of sketching a character, or observing and describing salient points, either in persons or things: — Charlotte Bronte

A sum of money is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading character in a tale about bees. — Kurt Vonnegut

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work. — Orison Swett Marden

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Your character that you create in your writing not only represents who you are, but also represents a number of people who you've met along the way. — Grant Morrison

People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world. — Michael Josephson

The true test of a person's character is how they treat the people in life that they don't need. — Lee Corso

Character is the line in the sand between the worst of the good people and the best of the bad ones — Johnny Flora

The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people. — Ethel Wilson

In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love. — Augustine Of Hippo

People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life. — Leonardo Da Vinci

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

I love the German and the Swiss people for their many fine traits of character. I love their language that is so exacting and yet so expressive. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one. — Maria Weston Chapman

It's always great to play a character that goes against the grain. Finn defies what people think when they think of stormtroopers. — John Boyega

Beware of people who constantly assert their integrity and honor. People of character don't have to point it out. — Michael Josephson

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

People usually gossip about people they don't quite understand, are jealous of, or have other negative feelings for. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Circumstances and other people are not in control of an individual's character or of the life that lies endlessly before — Dallas Willard

The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the democracy. — Aristotle.

I tend to think that good and evil exist and that the quantity in each of us is unchangeable. The moral character of people is set, fixed until death. — Michel Houellebecq

We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge. — Abdullah Ibn Mubarak

I didnt get arrested to show off my wild character. People say its a gimmick for all five of us to be different. Thats ridiculous. — Donnie Wahlberg

The 'Rescue Me' gig was a unique opportunity to play a character - a misanthropic, angry guy - who was so contrary to how people think of me. — Michael J. Fox

People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character. — John C. Maxwell

People don't change, they just have momentary steps outside of their true character — Chad Kultgen

Find better company, find company of people better than yourself so you be surrounded with those best in character and so you may learn something. — Nouman Ali Khan

Think of all the smart people made stupid by flaws of character. The finest watch isn't fine long when used as a hammer. — James Richardson

The character of a people may be ruined by charity. — Theodor Herzl

People have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well. — Stephen R. Covey

You cannot write your character until you know how he or she thinks, until you know what their philosophy is in the world that they occupy. — Don Roff

People of character don't allow the environment to dictate their style. — Lucille Kallen

You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion. — Todd Lieberman

People just project their idea of my character on to me and they just seem to assume that I'm the same, when, in reality, I'm not — Robert Pattinson

I am an old journalist, so I always do a lot of research and dive deep into people's character, who they are, and their motivation. — Peter Landesman

There are likable characters in prison. Sometimes the worst criminals are also some of the most charming people. — Taryn Manning

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not. — Jean De La Bruyere

People would be shocked to know ... that despite the nature of my TV character, I am actually a nice guy. — James Lafferty

Most people outside of America won't get it. It's the Easter bunny. It's another lie and I don't understand why we had to invent this character. — Todd Rundgren

A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot. — Richelle E. Goodrich

It isn't that I dislike artists, but I can't stand anyone who puts on those ponderous airs of a man of character. — Osamu Dazai

Wealth in money, mineral resources are not the real wealth. The true wealth of nation is the character of her people. — Sunday Adelaja

I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had. — Aziz Ansari

I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying. — Forest Whitaker

The virtues of character, behavioural patterns determine how great a nation and people are. — Sunday Adelaja

I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can. — Avicii

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people. — Edward Hopper

Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment. — Suzy Kassem

Strong people are ones who can smile for others' happiness. — Veronica Purcell

People act out of character when they're in pain. — Sarah Jio

People in Britain see Richard Quest as a kind of an offensive cartoon character. — John Oliver

Character depends on characters. Few people are character. Other's should try to opt one but they don't, they lose. — Vikram Roy

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. — Sam Ewing

Children are excellent judges of character, you know — Mohsin Hamid

You will see true character after a defeated ambition — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Tis true that tho' People can transcend their Characters in Times of Tranquillity, they can ne'er do so in Times of Tumult. — Erica Jong

Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, ... — Martin Luther King Jr.

Becoming a Leader of Character changes lives - our lives and the lives of the people we touch. — Dave Anderson

In our post-Freudian world, it is no longer a goal to become people of character who live out a God-ordained ideal of selfhood. — Tony Campolo

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

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man. — W. Somerset Maugham

It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse. — Aristotle.

People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people. — James Monroe

God uses prayer to educate His people and to produce holiness of character in them. — Harold Lindsell

My characters are all kind of geek archetypes of people I've encountered at gaming and comic book conventions. — Ernest Cline

Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality. — Edward Albee

Sometimes minor characters are based on people I know, on friends of mine. But I'm not writing a thinly veiled version of my own life. — Cassandra Clare

What distinguishes people with an extraordinary character from the rest of us is how they respond when life sends one of its inevitable curves. — Robin S. Sharma

Sometimes I am kind of the opposite of my character. But that's the thing about acting, you get to play people who are not like you at all. — Dakota Fanning

I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me. — Harland Williams

Always let people see a reflection of God in you — Sunday Adelaja

Television series always have a lot of characters because you want people to identify with someone on the show, who will be your eyes. — Robert Rodriguez

Wealth is not the standard of worth. Some people put cash before character. — Billy Sunday

The truest test of character is how we behave towards people who can do nothing for us. — James Runcie

Never underestimate the capacity of people to choose the easy way. — William James Moore

Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up. — Max Beerbohm

Outrageous generosity is a character quality of people who win with money. — Dave Ramsey