Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

Aristotle

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

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

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

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Goldsmith, Oliver

I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.

Peter The Great

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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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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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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

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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.

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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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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Gill, Vince

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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

Voltaire

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

Thackeray, William M.

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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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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

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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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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

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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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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

Forster, Edward M.

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.

William Carleton

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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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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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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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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

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

Plautus, Titus Maccius

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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

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