Motivational Quotes

Character

Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.

- Boardman, George D.

Best Quotes about Character

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.

Elmer G. Letterman

You must look into people, as well as at them.

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Proverb

Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

Proverb

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

Forster, Edward M.

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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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When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

Hay, Colin

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

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We falsely attribute to men a determined character -- putting together all their yesterdays -- and averaging them -- we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is the silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Voltaire

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

James A. Froude

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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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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Clothes don't tell the character of the man, but they just as well talk for him as against him.

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

Estrange, L.

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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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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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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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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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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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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

Lebowitz, Fran

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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.

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

Hermann Hesse

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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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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs.

Joan Didion

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

Freeman, Robert

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

Seneca

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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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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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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