Motivational Quotes

Character

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.

Best Quotes about Character

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Gill, Vince

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

Marden, Orison Swett

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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

Proverb

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

Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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

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

Collins, Marva

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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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I have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me!.

James, William

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

Solon

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

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I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Nathaniel Emmons

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

Thurber, James

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We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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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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I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.

Peter The Great

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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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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

Maritain, Jacques

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

Euripides

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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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Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Karr, Alphonse

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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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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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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.

Fitzwater, P. B.

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There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

Bulger, William M.

41.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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

Lubbock, Sir John

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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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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