Motivational Quotes
Character
Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Best Quotes about Character
Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.
Hume, David
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
Euripides
Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.
Lubbock, Sir John
Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.
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
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
Aquinas, St. Thomas
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
La Rochefoucauld, Francois De
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
Hall, Manly
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.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
James A. Froude
Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
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
Character is a victory, not a gift.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Robbins, Anthony
To succeed is nothing -- it's an accident. But to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character.
Leneru, Marie
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
Churchill, Winston
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
Solon
The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.
Voltaire
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
Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.
Collins, Marva
What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.
Dyke, Henry Van
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.
The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.
Haliburton, Thomas C.
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
Amiel, Henri Frederic
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
Crisp, Quentin
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
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
When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus
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
We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.
Thoreau, Henry David
Character is to man what carbon is to steel.
Hill, Napoleon
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
Greeley, Horace
Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of a man you are. It shows me what your ideal of manhood is, and what kind of a man you long to be.
Carlyle, Thomas
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
Shakespeare, William
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
Richter, Jean Paul
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.
If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.
Proverb, Chinese
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.
Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.
Elmer G. Letterman
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
Hepburn, Katharine
Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
Wilson, Woodrow T.
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
The highest qualities of character must be earned.
Abbott, Lyman
Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.
Taylor, Bayard
Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.
Freeman, Robert
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