Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Schopenhauer, Arthur

Best Quotes about Character

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

Hay, Colin

Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Crisp, Quentin

Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Mason, John L.

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

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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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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The higher character a person supports the more they should regard their smallest actions.

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There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

Bulger, William M.

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Lubbock, Sir John

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Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.

Merikare

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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

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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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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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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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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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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

Seneca

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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To have character is to be big enough to take life on.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo