Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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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

2.

I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.

Richard Greenberg

3.

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

4.

The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

5.

While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Thurber, James

6.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Greeley, Horace

7.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

9.

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

Proverb, Chinese

10.

While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize.

Mason, John L.

11.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

12.

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

13.

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

14.

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

15.

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

16.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

James A. Froude

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

20.

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

Thoreau, Henry David

21.

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

Hay, Colin

22.

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

23.

Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

24.

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

Marie Leneru

25.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

26.

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

Seneca

27.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

28.

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

Elihu Burritt

29.

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

Frankfurter, Felix

30.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

31.

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

32.

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.

33.

Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

34.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

35.

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

36.

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

Proverb

37.

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

38.

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

39.

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

Mohammed

40.

Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

41.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

42.

Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.