Motivational Quotes

Character

Too many lives are needed to make just one.

- Montale, Eugenio

Best Quotes about Character

1.

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

2.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

3.

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

4.

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

5.

Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

6.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

7.

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.

8.

Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow and the force of it depends on the strength of the arm from which it was shot. Argument is like a bullet fired from a gun and has equal force even when issued from a child.

9.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

10.

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

Thoreau, Henry David

11.

The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

12.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

13.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Lincoln, Abraham

14.

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

15.

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

Collins, Marva

16.

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

17.

Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

Petrarch, Francesco

22.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

23.

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

24.

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

Michener, James A.

25.

Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.

26.

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

27.

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

Thackeray, William M.

28.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

29.

Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

30.

Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

31.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

James A. Froude

32.

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

33.

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

34.

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

Elihu Burritt

35.

Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

36.

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

Proverb

37.

Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure.

38.

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

Peter The Great

39.

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

40.

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

41.

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

Mason, John L.

42.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

43.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Hepburn, Katharine

44.

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

Hermann Hesse

45.

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.

46.

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

Crisp, Quentin

47.

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

Maritain, Jacques

48.

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.

49.

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

Freeman, Robert

50.

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