Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Chesterfield, Lord

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

Forster, Edward M.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

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

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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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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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

Aristotle

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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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Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

Lowell, James Russell

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

Joan Didion

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If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverb

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

Voltaire

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Mason, John L.

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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

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

Chambers, Oswald

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

Bible

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

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

Collins, Marva

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Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.

Arran, Earl of

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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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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Abraham Lincoln

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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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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.

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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog, that counts.

Howell, Harry

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Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Buddha

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

Petrarch, Francesco