Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Character

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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.

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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

A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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

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

Hay, Colin

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

Baldwin, Faith

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

Voltaire

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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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Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Collins, Marva

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Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

Lowell, James Russell

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

W. Somerset Maugham

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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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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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Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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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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I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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

Hall, Manly

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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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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We falsely attribute to men a determined character -- putting together all their yesterdays -- and averaging them -- we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is the silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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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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When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.

Elmer G. Letterman

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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.

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The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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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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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

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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

Hermann Hesse