Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Guideposts

Best Quotes about Character

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

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

Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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

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

Chambers, Oswald

Good character is like a rubber ball -- thrown down hard -- it bounces right back. Good reputation is like a crystal ball -- thrown for gain -- shattered and cracked.

Linall Jr. A. L.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

Cicero

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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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The higher character a person supports the more they should regard their smallest actions.

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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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Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.

Boardman, George D.

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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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

Estrange, L.

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Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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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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Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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

Seneca

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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

Francis Thompson

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

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

Guideposts

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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 man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.

Smith, Roy L.

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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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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

Hermann Hesse

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

Freeman, Robert

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Hay, Colin

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

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Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.

Fitzwater, P. B.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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.

Marie Leneru

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Confucius

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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