Motivational Quotes

Character

Character is our destiny.

- Heraclitus

Best Quotes about Character

If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Thackeray, William M.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

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 hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

James, William

Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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You must look into people, as well as at them.

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Merikare

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

Mohammed

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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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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

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He that has light within his own clear breast may sit in the center, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts benighted walks under the mid-day sun;

Milton, John

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Thurber, James

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

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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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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Confucius

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence

Virgil

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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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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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There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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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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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.

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

Bible

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Voltaire

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Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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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.

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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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