Pastoral Resources

True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

How it shaped my perception is this: I have become so indelibly identified as a character in pop culture that it has forced me to go deeply within myself to get a very very rock solid sense, to myself, of who I am.

But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance.

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

That's one of those things that will really hurt me personally, if I label a character or think about what it might do if it were to do well. I just try to do a good job with it.

Character... is a habit, the daily choice of right over wrong; it is a moral quality which grows to maturity in peace and is not suddenly developed on the outbreak of war.

A man of character in peace is a man of courage in war.

I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor.

It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.

Hardly a name in profane history is more august than his. Hardly another character in the world's record has made so little of its opportunities. His discovery was a blunder; his blunder was a new world; the New World is his monument.

I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion.

Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He had such a sense of what he could register, and that helped a lot in terms of shaping the character and the script.

The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches.

On-screen relationships are the best because you don't have to worry about saying the wrong things. And if the guy's got a girlfriend, or I'm not attracted to him, it's even better. It's just my character kissing his character.

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century.

Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.