Your Words Reflect Your Character Quotes

In the Confucian tradition is a simple formula that appeals to me deeply: 'If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.' I urge everyone to reflect deeply on these words, as simple as they are profound. ~ Eknath Easwaran

Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future. ~ William Arthur Ward

Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment. ~ Learned Hand

An animal without character is merely animal, but a human without character is worse than animal. ~ Abhijit Naskar

I suppose that one's years spent living do not reflect a measure of our souls or strength of character. ~ Peter Koevari

I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures. ~ Tom Hooper

Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together. ~ Alan Rickman

And a lesson in this movie is dig beneath the surface. And so with my words, with my character, I purposely created a character that was away from how you've known me thus far in my career. ~ Shemar Moore

White House cultures inevitably reflect the president's character. Jimmy Carter is a thoroughly honest, good person. So was his White House. ~ Bill Drayton

Our character is composed of our ideas and our feelings: and, since it has been proved that we give ourselves neither feelings nor ideas, our character does not depend on us. If it did depend on us, there is nobody who would not be perfect. If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing ~ Voltaire

Your words are like mirrors.
They may cut, but they also reflect. ~ Timothy Joshua

Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment. ~ Suzy Kassem

When you perform, you can convey emotions differently, and your look can reflect each of those emotions. ~ Rita Ora

Your words may be heard but your attitude will be felt. Your attitude reveals your character so never try to deceive anyone with mere words. Word/Talk is cheap but character is key. It costs nothing to be authentic. Learn to be a man or woman of substance! ~ Kemi Sogunle

Character and story are suggested by the voice in the words themselves. ~ Jayne Anne Phillips

Too many companies want their brands to reflect some idealised, perfected image of themselves. As a consequence, their brands acquire no texture, no character and no public trust. ~ Richard Branson

I always change my words in everything I do. I make the language fit, because I know the character from the inside out. Often character actors are not in a position to do that, but I do it. I don't change any cue and I never change anybody else's lines, but I make my own words fit my mouth. ~ James Cromwell

A person is said to have good character when their habits, dispositions and conduct reflect a deep commitment to ethical virtues and moral principles. ~ Michael Josephson

I think to really be literate in nu shu you only need about 600 characters because it is phonetic. So you're able to then create many words out of one character. ~ Lisa See

I refuse to work evenings or weekends. If a script sees my character meeting for dinner, I put a line through the words and make them meet for lunch. ~ Armando Iannucci

I tried to fit language into the shape of usefulness. The world moves through words as if the bodies the words reflect do not exist. ~ Claudia Rankine

A song in a musical works best when a character has to sing - when words won't do the trick anymore. The same idea applies to a long speech in a play or a movie or on television. You want to force the character out of a conversational pattern. ~ Aaron Sorkin

Choose your words carefully. They reveal your inner character. ~ Jim George

I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of this or that character does not matter to me. ~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I love ... What's gratifying to me is when you make/create a character and a human being, a person who lives entirely and who has their own existence, just merely from the words on a page. ~ Jake Busey

Life is like a painting you reflect the image based on your feeling, emotion, character, attitude and how you made it. ~ Daniel Habil

Always remember that every word you say contains power and you must ask yourself a few questions about your words; Are these words true and kind? Are these words relevant and necessary? Are these words effective for intentions? Reflect on what your words carry, they are a life-changing container! ~ Archibald Marwizi

The best way to show an emotion is not through a character's words, but their smallest expressions - to take what an actor would visually do and try putting that down on the page for the reader to 'see.' ~ Susanna Kearsley

Not all things can be expressed through words, not all the words reflect the truth. ~ Ary Hidayat

I know that even the meanest person has still at his disposition high-sounding words wherewith to mask his real character. ~ Henryk Sienkiewicz

Envy is the deformed and distorted offspring of egotism; and when we reflect on the strange and disproportioned character of the parent, we cannot wonder at the perversity and waywardness of the child. ~ William Hazlitt

The instant that movies became described as character driven was the instant when characters stopped mattering in movies. In other words, the birth of the notion of the character-driven movie coincided with the birth of movies in which characters were incidental to the very activities in which they engaged. ~ Steve Erickson

there is no such thing as a character in a script, only words on a page. An actor speaks these words of dialogue, and so the reader forms a sense of an actual person, though the character himself is an illusion. ~ Karl Iglesias

Reflect upon the defects of your character: thoroughly realize their evils and the transient pleasures they give you, and firmly will that you shall try your best not to yield to them the next time. ~ H. P. Blavatsky

I try to find out what there is in the character that in a way, you can't put into words. If I could put it into words, then it wouldn't be a performance. And if I do put it into words, as I play it, I start to get boxed in by those words. ~ Alan Alda

Each character requires different language, and these issues become inseparable. You have all these balls in the air: language, character, narrative. For me, the primary focus must be words, sentences, paragraphs. ~ Dana Spiotta

Reflect, reflect. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Leadership, in other words, is a matter of character, not goals. ~ Ted Malloch

Truly edifying words are words that reveal the character and the promises and the activity of God. They're cross-centered words. They're words rooted in and derived from Scripture, words that identify the active presence of God, and words that communicate the evidences of grace that you observe in others. They're words that flow from a humble heart. ~ C.J. Mahaney

Words that comes out of your mouth describes you character and personalty ~ Beta Metani'Marashi

Dare to dream. For your dreams become words, your words become actions, your actions become habits, your habits become character, and your character becomes your destiny. ~ Hyperion Books

When we trust, we reflect the character of God. ~ Bill Donahue

Character is what you are in the dark. ~ D.L. Moody

I think if an actor is right for a role, casting sees that, and the words that are on the page, depending on how it's written, can really help your character develop. ~ Scott Michael Foster

Suddenly, another set of words appeared. What is your character's name? Rob stared at the question. Character? What character? Annoyed, he swiped at the words, but they only wiggled a little and stayed in place. He did this several times to no avail. The question remained. "What the hell?" he said. The prompt changed. Your character's name is What The Hell. Keep this name? "No," Rob said with frustration. He just wanted to move, not answer moronic floating questions. The ~ Adam Drake

In other words, character is far more important than intellect to the race as to the individual. We need intellect, and there is no reason why we should not have it together with character; but if we must choose between the two we choose character without a moment's hesitation. ~ Theodore Roosevelt

I must not reflect on what I'm doing. Rather, I must do one of the most difficult things imaginable and reflect on 'why' I'm doing it. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

We are called to reflect the Lord's beauty through our lives as much as through our words, and God will use this in His own perfect time. ~ Helen Roseveare

Beauty without a character is a waste. ~ Luffina Lourduraj

The years in captivity fuels character development ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Human character evermore publishes itself. The most fugitive deed and word, the intimated purpose, express character. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is no surer or more illuminating way of reading a man's character, and perhaps a little of his past history, than by observing the contexts in which he prefers to use certain words. ~ Owen Barfield

Much of the time, we're transfixed by all of the ways we can reflect ourselves into the world. And we can barely find the time to reflect deeply back in on our own selves. ~ Ariel Garten

I stare out the window and reflect on the similarity between writing and saving a life and the inevitable failure of one's imagination and one's goals and ambitions to create a character or a life worth saving. ~ Miriam Toews

One of the coolest ways to start building a character is the way he moves his mouth, what part of the mouth he puts his words into, how he expresses himself, and there's a certain flavor you get with a dialect. ~ Cory Michael Smith

I don't like losing the words, as you have to, when I'm asked to turn a play into a movie. It's not a matter of ego ... I'm just better able to create the character for an audience through words rather than through actions. ~ Neil Simon

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. ~ Seneca.

Listen to a man's words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character? ~ Mencius

It is with words that my heart sings, with the substance of integrity my character soars and without regret I look back smiling ~bns ~ Bluenscottish

Words are the timeless beauties; they tell a thousand stories, deliver your purpose, speak the heart and build character. The play and interaction of words amuse me, hence the power of words is my love. ~ Sharlene Leong

I have an occasionally recurring stutter, but not when in character on stage in a play. Odd. James Earl Jones has the same pattern; he stutters in everyday life but not when acting. Preparation requires an actor's concentration to make the words belong to another person, which is its own sort of trance. ~ John Casey

What I want are words that reflect my heart, not my cleverness. ~ Hugh Prather

You can discover a person's true character by examining how their actions align with their words. ~ Janice Anderson

Reading leads to good character development. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The quickest way a person can defame your character is by taking something you said out of context. But Fear Not. Everyone that was ever Anyone always had their words taken out of context. If you can't handle having your words twisted up, then leadership is not for you. Leadership is reserved for the ‪#BRAVE‬. ~ Tiffany Winfree

Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become your character. And watch your character for it becomes your destiny. What we think, we become. My father always said that ... and I think I am fine. ~ Margaret Thatcher

You reflect your age differently. You reflect its broken heart. ~ Anne Rice

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

Working in television it's really great to be able to stick with a character for a long period of time. It's not like you have one shot, and that's it. You have more time, more room, an ability to reflect on your performance and the character and how much has really been shown, and what you'd like to see. It's nice. You have more breathing room. ~ Christina Ricci

I've done some TV and I've done a lot of theater, obviously, and the last character I played on Broadway was a very fast-talking broad. I'm used to learning material and words. ~ Sutton Foster

Men of few words are the best men."

(3.2.41) ~ William Shakespeare

Great moments are full of naked vulnerability, words merely reflect a primal or instinctual footprints that leaves trails of dust for those brave enough to follow ~ Val Uchendu

So if u shorten words to get what u want in within 140 characters it makes u a twit? ~ Rio Ferdinand

I think so much of writing is an instinct, or a feel for a scene, or a feel for a character. You have to put into words the word 'tone,' which I think is thrown around a lot and can mean a hundred different things, but communicating that to other people is definitely a challenge. ~ Elizabeth Meriwether

Books bring me joy. They've always been a space to reflect and see myself. ~ Glory Edim

I think homes should reflect the individuals and their individual taste rather than someone else's. ~ Julie London

I like to write about things that don't reflect exactly on my life. ~ Kellin Quinn

Character is a lack of doubt, character is stubbornly persevering in an intention no matter how senseless it is, character is a lack of imagination, character is inborn dullness, character is the misfortune of humanity. ~ Tadeusz Konwicki

With scientific advances, Congress must now make changes to reflect new therapeutic options. ~ Nathan Deal

"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath. ~ Ezra Taft Benson

The way we talk and our behavior should reflect positively on God. ~ Jim George

Shields Green was not one to shrink from hardships or dangers. He was a man of few words, and his speech was singularly broken; but his courage and self-respect made him quite a dignified character. ~ Frederick Douglass

I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself. ~ Abbas Kiarostami

In these highways our engineering will reflect the National Socialist movement. ~ Fritz Todt

What we call things matters ... The words we use, and how we perceive those words, reflect how we value, or devalue, people, places, and things. ~ Anna Quindlen

The first sound a child hears is very important. It determines character. A Muslim child always hears the Azan first. Words in praise of God.

Words to live by. ~ Jinat Rehana Begum

Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices. ~ David Crystal

My fans reflect who I am. ~ Kenny Chesney

Any guitar solo should reflect the music that it's soloing over and not just be existing in its own sort of little world. ~ John Frusciante

Watch your thoughts, for your thought become words, watch your words, for your words become actions. Watch your actions, for your actions become habits. Watch your habits, for your habits become character, watch your character, for it becomes destiny. ~ Frank Outlaw

Real religion is about, developing real character; character of compassion, character of humility, the character of determination to grow in all circumstances. ~ Radhanath Swami

The character of a generation is moulded by personal character. ~ Brooke Westcott

That is the ultimate question for all of us: do our actions reflect our values? Do our traditions reflect our beliefs? Do our purchases reflect our ethics? After all, what's the point in having values if we don't manifest them in our behavior? ~ Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Money is always on its way somewhere. What you do with it while it is in your keeping and the direction you send it in say much about you. Your treatment of and respect for money, how you make it, and how you spend it, reflect your character. ~ Gary Ryan Blair

What a person says and does in ordinary moments when when no one is looking reveals more about true character than grand actions taken while in the spotlight. Our true character is revealed by normal, consistent, everyday attitudes and behavior, not by self-conscious words or deeds or rare acts of moral courage. ~ Michael Josephson

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habit. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. ~ Lao-Tzu

Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern. ~ Alan Dershowitz

The National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 needs to be updated to reflect our growing communities. ~ John Barrasso

Having people that really reflect the spectrum of American experiences is important to have on the Supreme Court. ~ Cory Booker

I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least. ~ C.S. Lewis