Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges.
I've never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on. - Matthew McConaughey
I've never been a jealous person, and I've never felt built up by someone else's failure - that's a cheap thrill. - Matthew McConaughey
Bad guys are complicated characters. It's always fun to play them. You get away with a lot more. You don't have a heroic code you have to live by. - Peter Dinklage
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
An employer of mine back in the '80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It's a basic tell of character. - Anthony Bourdain
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced. - Confucius
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
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established. - Confucius
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. - Audrey Hepburn
Are you the sort of person who gloats when they see a woman fall, or the kind that celebrates a magnificent recovery? - J.K. Rowling
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. - J.K. Rowling
I think what's really the most ideal thing is for the player themselves, within their own imagination, to carve out what they view as being the essence of the character. - Shigeru Miyamoto
I try not so much to create new characters and worlds but to create new game-play experiences. - Shigeru Miyamoto
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller
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