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Character is what you are in the dark. Dwight L. Moody Character 1,082
The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity. Mahatma Gandhi Character 956
If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow. Chinese Proverbs Character 874
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world. Manly Hall Character 487
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. Source Unknown Character 344
By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser Character 301
I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show. Harry Hamlin Character 289
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination. John Luther Character 285
The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves. Leon Trotsky Character 283
The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research. Joshua Leonard Character 227
Character is much easier kept than recovered. Thomas Paine Character 178
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound. William Shakespeare Character 166
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do: That is character! Theodore Roosevelt Character 159
The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul. David O. McKay Character 157
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures, and that is character. Horace Greeley Character 156
Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids. Aristotle Character 154
That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart. Ralph Waldo Emerson Character 151
Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. Johann von Goethe Character 151
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s. Jean Paul Richter Character 147
Characters never change. Opinions alter; characters are only developed. Benjamin Disraeli Character 139
None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath. Marian Anderson Character 139
Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln Character 135
Character is to man what carbon is to steel. Napoleon Hill Character 134
To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things Confucius Character 130
The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people. Charles Trevelyan Character 128
Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace. Buddha Character 126
Perfection of character is this to live each day as if it were your last without frenzy without apathy without pretence. Marcus Aurelius Character 123
Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste. Arnold Bennett Character 123
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character. Henry Clay Character 118
An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards, himself his own dungeon. Saskya Pandita Character 117
Champions do not become champions when they win the event but in the hours weeks months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character. Alan Armstrong Character 115
Character is power. Booker T. Washington Character 115
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln Character 114
Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited. Robert Freeman Character 114
They are slaves who fear to speak, for the fallen and the weak. James Russell Lowell Character 108
Every man has three characters -- that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. Alphonse Karr Character 108
Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. Alexander Pope Character 107
You have the massive world that was created by Marvel, and then you have these very intimate actors around you. There was as much character work on this as there would be on a little independent film. So, I felt very fortunate in that sense. Chris Hemsworth Character 106
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. Oliver Goldsmith Character 104
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own. Charles De Gaulle Character 102
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg Character 102
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character Stephen Covey Character 100
Talents are best nurtured in solitude; character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Character 100
There is no index of character so sure as the voice. Benjamin Disraeli Character 99
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. Chinese Proverbs Character 99
Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage. Source Unknown Character 98
My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character. Charles Barkley Character 96
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. Kurt Vonnegut Character 95
The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character. Lyndon B. Johnson Character 93
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. Confucius Character 92

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