Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

1.

Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

2.

There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

Bulger, William M.

3.

We falsely attribute to men a determined character -- putting together all their yesterdays -- and averaging them -- we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is the silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

4.

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

5.

Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

Chambers, Oswald

6.

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Lubbock, Sir John

7.

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

Hermann Hesse

8.

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

9.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Hall, Manly

10.

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

11.

Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Buddha

12.

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

Taylor, Bayard

13.

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

14.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Greeley, Horace

15.

You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

Brown, Les

16.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

17.

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

Hay, Colin

18.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

19.

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

Proverb, Chinese

20.

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

21.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

22.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

23.

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

Thoreau, Henry David

24.

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

Thackeray, William M.

25.

One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.

Proverb

26.

Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

27.

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

28.

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

James A. Froude

29.

You must regulate your life by the standards you admire when you are at your best.

Thomas, John M.

30.

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

Shakespeare, William

31.

To have character is to be big enough to take life on.

Richards, Mary Caroline

32.

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

Elmer G. Letterman

33.

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

Petrarch, Francesco

34.

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

Mason, John L.

35.

Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

36.

Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.

37.

Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

38.

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

39.

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Angelou, Maya

40.

To succeed is nothing, it's an accident. but to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character.

Marie Leneru

41.

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

42.

It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog, that counts.

Howell, Harry

43.

The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

44.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

45.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

46.

Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

47.

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

Baldwin, Faith

48.

In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.

Francis Thompson

49.

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

Freeman, Robert

50.

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