Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Angelou, Maya

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Leneru, Marie

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.

Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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.

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.

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

Seneca

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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 is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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

Mohammed

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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

Bible

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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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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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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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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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Baldwin, Faith

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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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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Thoreau, Henry David

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

Guideposts

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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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Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Karr, Alphonse

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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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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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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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I have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me!.

James, William

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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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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Confucius

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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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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

Hermann Hesse

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.