Motivational Quotes

Character

I have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me!.

- James, William

Best Quotes about Character

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

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.

Drummond, Henry

Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

Covey, Stephen R.

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

Michener, James A.

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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

Horace

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

Guideposts

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Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones.

Royal, Darrell

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You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.

Reagan, Ronald

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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

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Solon

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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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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs.

Joan Didion

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Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

Akhenaton

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

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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

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

Bible

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Covey, Stephen R.

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

James A. Froude

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.

Taylor, Bayard

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Hermann Hesse

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

Mason, John L.

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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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.

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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

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

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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how -- the very best I can. And I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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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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If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life.

Thomas, Isiah

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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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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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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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Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Wilson, Woodrow T.