Motivational Quotes

Character

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

- Thoreau, Henry David

Best Quotes about Character

1.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

2.

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Nathaniel Emmons

3.

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

Chambers, Oswald

4.

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

5.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

6.

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

Bible

7.

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

Maurois, Andre

9.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

10.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Hall, Manly

11.

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

Wilson, Woodrow T.

12.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Gill, Vince

13.

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.

Reagan, Ronald

14.

Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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.

19.

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

20.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

21.

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.

22.

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

Mohammed

23.

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

Buddha

24.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

25.

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

Francis Thompson

26.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

27.

Clothes don't tell the character of the man, but they just as well talk for him as against him.

28.

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.

29.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

30.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

31.

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

32.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Thoreau, Henry David

33.

Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

34.

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

35.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

36.

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

Marie Leneru

37.

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

Maritain, Jacques

38.

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

39.

Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

40.

Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure.

41.

No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character in a child.

Cushman, Charlotte Saunders

42.

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

Baldwin, Faith

43.

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

44.

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

Guideposts

45.

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

46.

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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The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence.

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon

48.

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

49.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

50.

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