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

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.

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.

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

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

At fifty everyone has the face he deserves.

A man’s character is his fate.

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

Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

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.

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.

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

Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.

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

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn’t matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest.

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.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

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

In the late 1960s, the masses were supposed to be passive, not entering into the public arena and having their voices heard.

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

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say.

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

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.

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

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

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

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‚Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

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

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

I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. They’re my biggest heroes. I love everything about Leonard Cohen: his lyrics and his voice. He seems like a really clever man, and Bob Dylan does as well. He’s just really cool.

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.

Sometimes I wish I had taken the Bob Dylan route and sang songs where my voice would not go out on me every night, so I could have a career if I wanted.

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.

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

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

What I’m asking for is hard. It’s easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn’t possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don’t matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is.

The devil’s voice is sweet to hear.

I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

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.

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.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

An index is a great leveller.

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

The skin of my character in ‚The Man Who Fell to Earth‘ was some concoction, a spermatozoon of an alien nature that was obscene and weird-looking.

If you deny people their own voice, you’ll have no idea of who they were.

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.

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.

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

This thing that I do with caring about the message in my music, it’s not separate from my work as a commercial artist; they’re totally one and the same. I’m always going to be thinking about what my voice means.

A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk.

Who’s to say what’s a good voice and not a good voice?

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done.