Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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

Proverb

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

Thomas, John M.

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

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.

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

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

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Thurber, James

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

10.

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

11.

I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

12.

Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

Cicero

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

Mason, John L.

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Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

Covey, Stephen R.

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

Howell, Harry

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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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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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Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

Akhenaton

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Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.

Lippmann, Walter

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

Francis Thompson

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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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As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Bible

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

Michener, James A.

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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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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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

Hay, Colin

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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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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.

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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

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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.

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

Lubbock, Sir John

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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 character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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

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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Hepburn, Katharine

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Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

Chambers, Oswald

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Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

Collins, Marva

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The lord will not hold back the promises, even if the person who makes them is not worthy.

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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