Motivational Quotes

Character

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

- Forster, Edward M.

Best Quotes about Character

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverb

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

Aristotle

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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

Freeman, Robert

To have character is to be big enough to take life on.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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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It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Covey, Stephen R.

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

Crisp, Quentin

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

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

Chambers, Oswald

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

Trotsky, Leon

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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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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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Angelou, Maya

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Hall, Manly

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Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination.

Luther, John

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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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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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It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.

Jefferson, Thomas

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Clothes don't tell the character of the man, but they just as well talk for him as against him.

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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

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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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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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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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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

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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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It is better for the development of character and contentment to do certain things badly for yourself than to have them done better for you by someone else.

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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

Collins, Marva

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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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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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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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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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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

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

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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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My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.

Arran, Earl of