Motivational Quotes

Character

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou

- Akhenaton

Best Quotes about Character

If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.

Proverb, Chinese

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Nathaniel Emmons

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

Freeman, Robert

The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.

Smith, Roy L.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Goldsmith, Oliver

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Richter, Jean Paul

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

Marden, Orison Swett

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

Petrarch, Francesco

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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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You must regulate your life by the standards you admire when you are at your best.

Thomas, John M.

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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

James, William

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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.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones.

Royal, Darrell

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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Wooden, John

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The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

Bulger, William M.

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One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.

Proverb

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Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Shakespeare, William

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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Baldwin, Faith

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No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character in a child.

Cushman, Charlotte Saunders

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He that has light within his own clear breast may sit in the center, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts benighted walks under the mid-day sun;

Milton, John

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The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Bible

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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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It is better for the development of character and contentment to do certain things badly for yourself than to have them done better for you by someone else.

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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how -- the very best I can. And I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

Lincoln, Abraham

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Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

Gaulle, Charles De

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I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

Plautus, Titus Maccius

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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions.

Babson, Roger

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The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

Voltaire

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It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

James, William

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If anyone tells you someone has changed their character; don't believe it.

Mohammed

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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life.

Thomas, Isiah

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Confucius

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Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

Cicero

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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

Hermann Hesse

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Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

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We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

Maritain, Jacques

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While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize.

Mason, John L.

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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

Frankfurter, Felix

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Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.

William Carleton

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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The higher character a person supports the more they should regard their smallest actions.

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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

W. Somerset Maugham

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Michener, James A.