Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. But you can not buy enthusiasm... you can not buy loyalty. You can not buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these.

Francis, Clarence

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou

Akhenaton

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Bible

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 rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.

Merikare

In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.

Francis Thompson

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Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

Pandita, Saskya

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

Collins, Marva

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

15.

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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During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.

Baruch, Bernard M.

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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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It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog, that counts.

Howell, Harry

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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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To succeed is nothing -- it's an accident. But to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character.

Leneru, Marie

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure.

23.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

24.

Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Karr, Alphonse

26.

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

Voltaire

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Hall, Manly

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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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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Richter, Jean Paul

35.

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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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

38.

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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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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If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

Maurois, Andre

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

George Santayana

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.