Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Mason, John L.

Best Quotes about Character

Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

Akhenaton

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

Shakespeare, William

Judge of your natural character by what you do in dreams.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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

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

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

Marie Leneru

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

Greeley, Horace

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

Hay, Colin

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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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The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.

Smith, Roy L.

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

Chambers, Oswald

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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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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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Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.

William Carleton

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

Cicero

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

Collins, Marva

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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 matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

Bisset, Jacqueline

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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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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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Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

Landers, Ann

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

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A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Hall, Manly

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

Estrange, L.

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

Mason, John L.

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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 man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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

Reagan, Ronald

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

Francis Thompson

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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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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

Voltaire

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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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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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony