Charlotte Charke famous quotes

The least glimmering or shade of acting, in man or woman, is a sure motive of envy in the rest; and, if their malice can't persuade the town's-people into a dislike of their performance, they'll cruelly endeavor to taint their characters ...
-- Charlotte Charke

#Character #Men #People

But, alas! Misfortunes are too apt to wear out Friendship ...
-- Charlotte Charke

#Friendship #Misfortunes

I have observed gratitude to be a principle, that bears the smallest share in the hearts of those where it ought to be most strongly resident, so that I begin to imagine one half of the world don't understand the real etymology of the word.
-- Charlotte Charke

#Gratitude #Real #Heart

my uncle ... had the misfortune to be ever touched in his brain, and, as a convincing proof, married his maid, at an age when he and she both had more occasion for a nurse than a parson.
-- Charlotte Charke

#Marriage #Uncles #Nurse

Power, when invested in the hands of knaves or fools, generally is the source of tyranny ...
-- Charlotte Charke

#Power #Hands #Knaves

This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.

A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.

I'm a character actor.

What is the subject matter of this apparently very personal world? It has been suggested that these shapes and images are underworld characters, the inhabitants of the vast common realm of memories that have gone down below the level of conscious control. It may be they are. The degree of emotional involvement and the amount of free association with the material being photographed would point in that direction.

Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day. Civility, respect, kindness, character.

A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.

Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.

I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.

People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.

Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.