The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit… a reputation, character.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

Cooking today is a young man’s game, I don’t give a bollocks what anyone says.

I do take pride in saying that in spite of being in public life for so long, there is not a single case against me, not even for wrongly parking a scooter or driving on the wrong side.

I think that I know the value of a dollar.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.

Storytelling is about two things; it’s about character and plot.

I don’t think I’m supposed to boss other people around just because I’m a so-called celebrity or star. I hate that when people act that way. No one deserves it. I’ve seen it happen. I don’t call those people out – they know who they are. Some enjoy that reputation.

It’s really fun to put yourself into a character – into shoes you wouldn’t normally be in.

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.

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

Being willing to donate the taxpayers‘ money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.

You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

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.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

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

Thrift is of great revenue.

Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.

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

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.

I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.

I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.

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

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

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.

Financial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it.

Give me five minutes with a person’s checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is.

The call for debt cancellation is welcome, but debt does not just go away.

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.

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.

A reputation as a hard worker is a good reputation to have.

I’d say it’s been my biggest problem all my life… it’s money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.

I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.

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

Persuasion is achieved by the speaker’s personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided.

When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits, I was – my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

Rascals are always sociable, more’s the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others‘ company.

Assets put money in your pocket, whether you work or not, and liabilities take money from your pocket.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.

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.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

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.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

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.

Only a man’s character is the real criterion of worth.

People concerned about inflation today tend to buy big houses and nice cars.

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

There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn’t greedy. It was mine, my girl’s, my mom’s. I got Benzes for my ladies. But I felt crazy. You have to understand I come from a world where we’re very modest. But that’s not greedy. That’s nice, right?

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

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.

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

I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.