Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Bovee, Christian Nevell

Best Quotes about Character

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.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

Bisset, Jacqueline

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

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

Richter, Jean Paul

During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.

Baruch, Bernard M.

Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.

Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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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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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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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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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Bible

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Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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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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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

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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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Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

Landers, Ann

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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

Mason, John L.

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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

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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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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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Royal, Darrell

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

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Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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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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Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Hall, Manly

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Freeman, Robert

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Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

Collins, Marva

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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Gill, Vince

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

Proverb

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For character too is a process and an unfolding... among our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little too self confident and disdainful; whose distinguished mind is a little spotted with commonness; who is a little pinched here and protuberant there with native prejudices; or whose better energies are liable to lapse down the wrong channel under the influence of transient solicitations?

Eliot, George