Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Freeman, Robert

Best Quotes about Character

1.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

2.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

3.

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

4.

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

Proverb, Chinese

5.

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

6.

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

Elihu Burritt

7.

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.

8.

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

9.

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

10.

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

11.

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

Voltaire

12.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

13.

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

Crisp, Quentin

14.

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

Karr, Alphonse

15.

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

Hay, Colin

16.

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence.

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon

17.

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

Leneru, Marie

18.

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

19.

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

20.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

21.

Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

22.

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

23.

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

Baldwin, Faith

24.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Rohn, Jim

25.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Shakespeare, William

26.

You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

Lebowitz, Fran

27.

Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

28.

Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.

29.

Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

30.

Character is a victory, not a gift.

31.

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

32.

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

Elmer G. Letterman

33.

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.

34.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

35.

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

36.

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

Francis Thompson

37.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Thoreau, Henry David

38.

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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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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Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

41.

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

42.

Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

43.

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

Bible

44.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of a man you are. It shows me what your ideal of manhood is, and what kind of a man you long to be.

Carlyle, Thomas

45.

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

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

46.

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

Collins, Marva

47.

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

Seneca

48.

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

49.

If anyone tells you someone has changed their character; don't believe it.

Mohammed

50.

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.