Motivational Quotes

Character

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

- Landers, Ann

Best Quotes about Character

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

Shakespeare, William

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.

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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

Maritain, Jacques

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Hepburn, Katharine

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

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

If anyone tells you someone has changed their character; don't believe it.

Mohammed

The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

Buren, Abigail Van

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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Richter, Jean Paul

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Look, we're all the same; a man is a fourteen-room house --in the bedroom he's asleep with his intelligent wife, in the living-room he's rolling around with some bareass girl, in the library he's paying his taxes, in the yard he's raising tomatoes, and in the cellar he's making a bomb to blow it all up.

Miller, Arthur

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Reagan, Ronald

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

Estrange, L.

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

Chambers, Oswald

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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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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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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

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

Buddha

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.

Arran, Earl of

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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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Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.

Lippmann, Walter

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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

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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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

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

Proverb

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

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Abraham Lincoln

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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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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Macaulay, Thomas B.

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

Peter The Great

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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

Francis Thompson

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

Seneca

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

Freeman, Robert

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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