Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Mohammed

Best Quotes about Character

1.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

2.

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

Merikare

3.

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

4.

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

5.

It is better for the development of character and contentment to do certain things badly for yourself than to have them done better for you by someone else.

6.

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

Seneca

7.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

8.

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

Elmer G. Letterman

9.

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

Petrarch, Francesco

10.

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

11.

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

12.

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

Voltaire

13.

To have character is to be big enough to take life on.

Richards, Mary Caroline

14.

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.

15.

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

Bible

16.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

17.

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

Thackeray, William M.

18.

It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.

Jefferson, Thomas

19.

Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

20.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

21.

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

22.

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

23.

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

24.

Character is a victory, not a gift.

25.

You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

Brown, Les

26.

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

Chambers, Oswald

27.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

28.

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

29.

Clothes don't tell the character of the man, but they just as well talk for him as against him.

30.

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

31.

Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs.

Joan Didion

32.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

33.

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.

34.

Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

Freeman, Robert

35.

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

36.

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

37.

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

Hay, Colin

38.

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

39.

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

Mason, John L.

40.

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

41.

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

42.

Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

43.

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

44.

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

Solon

45.

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.

46.

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

47.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

48.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

49.

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.