Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Confucius

Best Quotes about Character

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Rohn, Jim

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

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination.

Luther, John

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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.

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

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.

If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Hall, Manly

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

Baldwin, Faith

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

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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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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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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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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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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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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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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