For ‚Hercules,‘ I went for the demigod look: big and mean. When you’re playing a character like the son of Zeus, you only get one shot.

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

Character is destiny.

Character is expressed through our behavior patterns, or natural responses to things.

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.

You’ve all seen over the last eight years what President Obama means to this country. He is the embodiment of honor, resolve, and character – one of the finest presidents we have ever had.

By a lie, a man… annihilates his dignity as a man.

Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.

I’m Mickey Mouse. They don’t know who’s inside the suit.

Every man’s reputation proceeds from those of his own household.

The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation’s promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

A man’s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

People who don’t know the true character of God – who don’t believe He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger – can never have a close, personal, intimate relationship with Him.

Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one’s own character to himself.

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn’t controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States – that is, prosperity.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

One’s past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world.

A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

Words may show a man’s wit but actions his meaning.

This is not a showman’s job. I will not step out of character.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

There is no index of character so sure as the voice.

I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.

I love Notting Hill and Westbourne Grove – there is so much life and vitality around Portobello and Ladbroke Grove. It has come up a lot since I started Virgin more than 40 years ago, but there is so much character.

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.