Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Lavater, Johann Kaspar

Best Quotes about Character

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

George Santayana

If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverb

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

Francis Thompson

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

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Shakespeare, William

That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

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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

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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Those who cross the sea change only the climate, not their character.

Horace

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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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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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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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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 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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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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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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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.

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

Chambers, Oswald

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

Brown, Les

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

Lebowitz, Fran

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Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Rohn, Jim

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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

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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

Lubbock, Sir John

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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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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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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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Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Estrange, L.

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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.

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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

Greeley, Horace

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The higher character a person supports the more they should regard their smallest actions.

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