Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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

Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Collins, Marva

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence.

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon

Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Karr, Alphonse

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Seneca

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

Mohammed

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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

11.

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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

Mason, John L.

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

Hermann Hesse

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Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

Covey, Stephen R.

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Nathaniel Emmons

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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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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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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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You must regulate your life by the standards you admire when you are at your best.

Thomas, John M.

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

Crisp, Quentin

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

Buren, Abigail Van

29.

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

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

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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

Guideposts

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Michener, James A.

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

Royal, Darrell

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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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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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

Freeman, Robert

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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

Gill, Vince

42.

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

James A. Froude

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Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Buddha

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

46.

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

Hay, Colin

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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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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.