Motivational Quotes

Character

Judge of your natural character by what you do in dreams.

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Character

Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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

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.

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

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Euripides

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

Brown, Les

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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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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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

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There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

Bulger, William M.

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Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.

William Carleton

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how -- the very best I can. And I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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

Proverb, Chinese

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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

Seneca

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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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Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Churchill, Winston

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A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life.

Strindberg, J. August

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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Confucius

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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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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Peter The Great

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

Collins, Marva

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

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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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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Character is like the foundation of a house -- it is below the surface.

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

Royal, Darrell

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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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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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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Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Greeley, Horace

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

Mason, John L.

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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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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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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African