Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Euripides

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

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

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

James, William

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.

I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.

Peter The Great

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

If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverb

Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

Freeman, Robert

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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

Frankfurter, Felix

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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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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

Confucius

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They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence

Virgil

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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

George Santayana

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Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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To have character is to be big enough to take life on.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

Voltaire

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You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

Brown, Les

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

Chambers, Oswald

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Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Greeley, Horace

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

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Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination.

Luther, John

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

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

Estrange, L.

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

Mason, John L.

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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 is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

Aristotle

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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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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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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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Rohn, Jim

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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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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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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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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

Crisp, Quentin

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

Mohammed

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.