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.

Best Quotes about Character
You must regulate your life by the standards you admire when you are at your best.
Thomas, John M.
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
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
Aquinas, St. Thomas
One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.
Marie Henri Beyle
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.
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
Solon
Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
Petrarch, Francesco
Character is victory organized.
Bonaparte, Napoleon
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.
Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.
Collins, Marva
Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.
Parkhurst, Charles H.
Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.
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
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.
You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.
Lavater, Johann Kaspar
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
A rich man has no need of character.
Proverb, Hebrew
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.
Too many lives are needed to make just one.
Montale, Eugenio
All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
Bovee, Christian Nevell
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus
Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.
Confucius
Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.
Thoreau, Henry David
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
To succeed is nothing, it's an accident. but to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character.
Marie Leneru
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.
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
The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence.
Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
Proverb, Chinese
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
Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
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
Character development is the aim of education.
O'Shea
Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure.
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 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
In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.
Francis Thompson
Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.
Hume, David
The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.
Thoreau, Henry David
We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
Lincoln, Abraham
A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
Beecher, Henry Ward
You must look into people, as well as at them.
Chesterfield, Lord
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.
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
Disraeli, Benjamin
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