Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Richter, Jean Paul

Best Quotes about Character

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

Brown, Les

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

Baldwin, Faith

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

Petrarch, Francesco

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.

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

Freeman, Robert

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

Howell, Harry

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

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

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

Karr, Alphonse

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I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Nathaniel Emmons

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Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Michener, James A.

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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

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Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.

Boardman, George D.

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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

Chambers, Oswald

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

Peter The Great

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

Buren, Abigail Van

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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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No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character in a child.

Cushman, Charlotte Saunders

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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

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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.

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

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Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones.

Royal, Darrell

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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Gill, Vince

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Horace

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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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If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Thackeray, William M.

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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Crisp, Quentin

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Confucius

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

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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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.