Motivational Quotes

Character

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how -- the very best I can. And I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

- Lincoln, Abraham

Best Quotes about Character

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

Character is a victory, not a gift.

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.

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

Confucius

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

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

Proverb

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

Euripides

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

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

Horace

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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.

Richter, Jean Paul

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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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Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

Chambers, Oswald

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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

Hay, Colin

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

Seneca

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

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

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

Howell, Harry

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Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

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

Freeman, Robert

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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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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

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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

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It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.

Jefferson, Thomas

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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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Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

Collins, Marva

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The lord will not hold back the promises, even if the person who makes them is not worthy.

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Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

Covey, Stephen R.

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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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Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou

Akhenaton

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

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

Mohammed

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

Chesterfield, Lord