Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Lippmann, Walter

Best Quotes about Character

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

Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

W. Somerset Maugham

Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

Frankfurter, Felix

Few persons are made of such strong fiber that they will make a costly outlay when surface work will pass as well in the market.

Bounds, E. M.

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

Reagan, Ronald

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.

Elihu Burritt

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

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

Hermann Hesse

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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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

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

Estrange, L.

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The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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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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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Petrarch, Francesco

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Confucius

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

Dyke, Henry Van

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It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Covey, Stephen R.

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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 is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

27.

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

Forster, Edward M.

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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things

Confucius

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

30.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Wooden, John

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Marie Leneru

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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

Bible

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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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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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Confucius

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Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.

Boardman, George D.

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

Buddha

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Character is like the foundation of a house -- it is below the surface.

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

Proverb

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

Mason, John L.

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua