Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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

Elihu Burritt

If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life.

Thomas, Isiah

If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Thackeray, William M.

Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.

Taylor, Bayard

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

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

Solon

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Hay, Colin

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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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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

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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

Horace

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

Mohammed

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Merikare

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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Michener, James A.

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An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards, himself his own dungeon.

Pandita, Saskya

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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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.

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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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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

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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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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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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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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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Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Chambers, Oswald

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Seneca

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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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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo