Motivational Quotes

Character

Those who cross the sea change only the climate, not their character.

- Horace

Best Quotes about Character

A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

James, William

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Freeman, Robert

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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

George Santayana

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We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

Maritain, Jacques

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

Voltaire

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

Baldwin, Faith

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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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Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

21.

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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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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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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Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

Pandita, Saskya

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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.

Leneru, Marie

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

Seneca

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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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.

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Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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

Hay, Colin

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

Estrange, L.

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Michener, James A.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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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

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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.