Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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

Frankfurter, Felix

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Lubbock, Sir John

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

Freeman, Robert

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

James A. Froude

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

Character is like the foundation of a house -- it is below the surface.

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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Mohammed

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A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Hall, Manly

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Bible

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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.

Richter, Jean Paul

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Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow and the force of it depends on the strength of the arm from which it was shot. Argument is like a bullet fired from a gun and has equal force even when issued from a child.

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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Solon

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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

Proverb

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I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.

Richard Greenberg

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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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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 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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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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Good character is like a rubber ball -- thrown down hard -- it bounces right back. Good reputation is like a crystal ball -- thrown for gain -- shattered and cracked.

Linall Jr. A. L.

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

Guideposts

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

Voltaire

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Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.

Drummond, Henry

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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

Confucius

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The lord will not hold back the promises, even if the person who makes them is not worthy.

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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

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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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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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Angelou, Maya

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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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It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Covey, Stephen R.

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

Baldwin, Faith

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Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.

Lippmann, Walter

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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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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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