Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Michener, James A.

Best Quotes about Character

Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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

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.

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

Hay, Colin

Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Karr, Alphonse

Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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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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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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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 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

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Estrange, L.

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

Proverb

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As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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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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You must regulate your life by the standards you admire when you are at your best.

Thomas, John M.

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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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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Rohn, Jim

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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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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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

Thurber, James

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

Seneca

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Hermann Hesse

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

James, William

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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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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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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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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

Lippmann, Walter

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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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It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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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

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

Euripides