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  • I don't think you can teach someone how to come up with good characters or a story.

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  • An earthly immortality belongs to a great and good character. History embalms it; it lives in its moral influence, in its authority, in its example, in the memory of the words and deeds in which it was manifested; and as every age adds to the illustrations of its efficacy, it may chance to be the best understood by a remote posterity.

    Edward Everett (1850). “Orations and speeches on various occasions”, p.576
  • Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

  • There is no adversity that cannot be overcome by good character.

  • You must learn to look at people who are angry with you straight in the eye without getting angry back. When children see their parents treating them this way, they then recognize the parents' authority. It speaks louder than words. Their new respect for the parents is as good for them as it is for the parents. It never works to demand respect of children. It must be given willingly as a result of strength of good character in the parents, which is manifested by their non-reaction to stress in the children.

  • Charity should be self-sustainable. That is, it should create more wealth rather than perpetuating the cycle of poverty and dependence. In this sense, the best form of charity would be providing quality education for children and more importantly, building a good character in them.

    Interview with "Forbes" Magazine, 2009.
  • Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good. Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a manner as to take advantage of its good characteristics and avoid the areas where it is not so good.

    "Landing on the Moon: Apollo 11, The Untold Story". www.popularmechanics.com. May 27, 2009.
  • I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.

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    Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.65, Modern Library
  • You can't be a good leader without good character.

  • Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

    Albert Einstein's speech made in honor of Thomas Mann, when Mann was given the Einstein Prize given by the Jewish Forum (January 1939), as quoted in Abraham Pais "Einstein Lived Here" (p. 214), 1994.
  • Number one, it is important that we fix the legal immigration system, because right now we've got a backlog that means years for people to apply legally. And what's worse is, we keep on increasing the fees, so that if you've got a hard working immigrant family, they've got to hire a lawyer; they've got to pay thousands of dollars in fees. They just can't afford it. And it's discriminatory against people who have good character, we should want in this country, but don't have the money. So we've got to fix that.

    Transcript: Democratic debate in Austin, Texas, www.nytimes.com. December 2, 2008.
  • Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

  • The people running the business have to be people of good character. They have to have good Internet support. You can't be struggling to get payments. It has to be properly organized. You can only beat that horse of good and easy money so many times before it eventually dies.

  • The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

  • I love playing characters that are bigger than life and maybe have a darker side that they present to the world. Those are good characters.

  • Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

  • There are good characters and bad characters.

    "Interview: Trey Parker and Matt Stone". Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. May 12, 2005.
  • A good character is something you must make for yourself. It cannot be inherited from parents.

  • I think I'm a real good person off the field. I've got good character traits, I go to Church often, and I do community service. I think I'm a really good role model.

  • Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

    Henry Clay (1981). “The Papers of Henry Clay: Secretary of State 1827”, p.769, University Press of Kentucky
  • You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

  • Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

    Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.124, Univ of California Press
  • Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

    Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.21, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
  • I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

  • Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers and that sort of thing.

  • It's actually easier to truly become a person of good character than to persuade others we are what we are not.

  • 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.

  • A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

  • 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, Jim Dornan (2013). “How to Influence People: Make a Difference in Your World”, p.19, Thomas Nelson Inc
  • Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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