Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Thackeray, William M.

Best Quotes about Character

Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

Forster, Edward M.

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

Mohammed

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

Leneru, Marie

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

Seneca

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.

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

Thomas, John M.

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Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

Lowell, James Russell

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

Gaulle, Charles De

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Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Buddha

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

Marie Leneru

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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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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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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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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

Bisset, Jacqueline

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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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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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

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

Hay, Colin

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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 happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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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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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

Maritain, Jacques

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

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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

Royal, Darrell

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

Guideposts

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A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life.

Strindberg, J. August