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

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

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

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

Chesterfield, Lord

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence

Virgil

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

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

Bible

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

Proverb

10.

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

11.

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

12.

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

Buddha

13.

Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

15.

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.

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

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

18.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

19.

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

Solon

20.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

21.

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

22.

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

Mohammed

23.

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

Hay, Colin

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For character too is a process and an unfolding... among our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little too self confident and disdainful; whose distinguished mind is a little spotted with commonness; who is a little pinched here and protuberant there with native prejudices; or whose better energies are liable to lapse down the wrong channel under the influence of transient solicitations?

Eliot, George

25.

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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

Guideposts

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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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A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

32.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Euripides

33.

Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

Lowell, James Russell

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

Brown, Les

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

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

Angelou, Maya

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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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The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

41.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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

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

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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

45.

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

46.

While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Thurber, James

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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions.

Babson, Roger

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Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.

Merikare

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

Leneru, Marie

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

Disraeli, Benjamin