Motivational Quotes

Character

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

- Amiel, Henri Frederic

Best Quotes about Character

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

Crisp, Quentin

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.

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

Baldwin, Faith

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence

Virgil

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

Seneca

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

Michener, James A.

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It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog, that counts.

Howell, Harry

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.

Peter The Great

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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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If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Thackeray, William M.

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My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.

Arran, Earl of

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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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We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Thoreau, Henry David

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While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Thurber, James

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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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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Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Karr, Alphonse

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What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Petrarch, Francesco

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If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverb

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The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence.

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon

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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

Trotsky, Leon

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Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

Lowell, James Russell

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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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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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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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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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In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.

Francis Thompson

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Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Greeley, Horace

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

Nathaniel Emmons

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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

Mohammed

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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

Aristotle

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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When God measures man, He puts the tape around his heart -- not his head.

Guideposts

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Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Buddha

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One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

Estrange, 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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Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

Akhenaton