Motivational Quotes

Character

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Character

Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

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.

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

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

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.

Taylor, Bayard

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

Aristotle

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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

Guideposts

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

Baldwin, Faith

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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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Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.

Elihu Burritt

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I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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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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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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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

Frankfurter, Felix

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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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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

Confucius

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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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One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

Estrange, L.

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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

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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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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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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Chambers, Oswald

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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I have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me!.

James, William

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

Freeman, Robert

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew