Motivational Quotes

Character

Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

- Chambers, Oswald

Best Quotes about Character

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

Peter The Great

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

Thackeray, William M.

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards, himself his own dungeon.

Pandita, Saskya

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

Maurois, Andre

Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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

Proverb

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

Confucius

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

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

Voltaire

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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Few persons are made of such strong fiber that they will make a costly outlay when surface work will pass as well in the market.

Bounds, E. M.

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

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

Crisp, Quentin

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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things

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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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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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Abraham Lincoln

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

Seneca

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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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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

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

Francis Thompson

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Petrarch, Francesco

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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.

32.

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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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

34.

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. But you can not buy enthusiasm... you can not buy loyalty. You can not buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these.

Francis, Clarence

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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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You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

Brown, Les

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

Mohammed

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You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.

Reagan, Ronald

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Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.

Fitzwater, P. B.

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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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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 cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

Keller, Helen

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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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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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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Too many lives are needed to make just one.