Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Royal, Darrell

Best Quotes about Character

Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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

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

Petrarch, Francesco

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

Voltaire

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

Thackeray, William M.

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

Marden, Orison Swett

A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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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The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence.

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon

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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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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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When God measures man, He puts the tape around his heart -- not his head.

Guideposts

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

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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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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For character too is a process and an unfolding... among our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little too self confident and disdainful; whose distinguished mind is a little spotted with commonness; who is a little pinched here and protuberant there with native prejudices; or whose better energies are liable to lapse down the wrong channel under the influence of transient solicitations?

Eliot, George

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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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

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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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

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An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards, himself his own dungeon.

Pandita, Saskya

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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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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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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

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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

W. Somerset Maugham

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

Michener, James A.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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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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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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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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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

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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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.

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

Lubbock, Sir John

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

Freeman, Robert

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What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

Dyke, Henry Van

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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.