Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Proverb

Best Quotes about Character

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

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

Bible

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

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

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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.

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou

Akhenaton

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Frankfurter, Felix

10.

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

11.

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

James A. Froude

12.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how -- the very best I can. And I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

Lincoln, Abraham

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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.

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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Baldwin, Faith

15.

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

Elihu Burritt

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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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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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Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.

Drummond, Henry

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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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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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Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence

Virgil

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Those who cross the sea change only the climate, not their character.

Horace

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

Michener, James A.

25.

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

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

Thomas, John M.

27.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

28.

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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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

Confucius

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

Solon

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.

Richter, Jean Paul

36.

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

Thurber, James

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

40.

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

Mason, John L.

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Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Lubbock, Sir John

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

Hall, Manly

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

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Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Churchill, Winston

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

Hay, Colin

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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

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I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. But you can not buy enthusiasm... you can not buy loyalty. You can not buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these.

Francis, Clarence

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Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination.

Luther, John