Motivational Quotes

Character

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.

Best Quotes about Character

In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.

Francis Thompson

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

To succeed is nothing -- it's an accident. But to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character.

Leneru, Marie

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

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.

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

Seneca

Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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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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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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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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One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.

Proverb

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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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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

Lebowitz, Fran

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Horace

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Shakespeare, William

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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

James A. Froude

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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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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Few persons are made of such strong fiber that they will make a costly outlay when surface work will pass as well in the market.

Bounds, E. M.

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Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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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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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

James, William

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Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Macaulay, Thomas B.

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If anyone tells you someone has changed their character; don't believe it.

Mohammed

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Character is a victory, not a gift.