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
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
Solon
Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.
Parkhurst, Charles H.
The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.
Haliburton, Thomas C.
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
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
James A. Froude
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
Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.
Elmer G. Letterman
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
Character development is the aim of education.
O'Shea
I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
King Jr. Martin Luther
While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.
Thurber, James
Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure.
The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence.
Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon
Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
Frankfurter, Felix
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
Clothes don't tell the character of the man, but they just as well talk for him as against him.
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.
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
Goldsmith, Oliver
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how -- the very best I can. And I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Lincoln, Abraham
Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.
Karr, Alphonse
Character is like the foundation of a house -- it is below the surface.
When God measures man, He puts the tape around his heart -- not his head.
Guideposts
The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua
Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.
Lippmann, Walter
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
Amiel, Henri Frederic
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Robbins, Anthony
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.
Reagan, Ronald
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
If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.
Thackeray, William M.
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
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
Hepburn, Katharine
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.
Confucius
Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
Crisp, Quentin
Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.
William Carleton
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
Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
Wilson, Woodrow T.
Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.
Thoreau, Henry David
Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.
Freeman, Robert
The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.
Angelou, Maya
There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.
Hay, Colin
I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
Euripides
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.
Lavater, Johann Kaspar
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
Michener, James A.
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
Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.
Elihu Burritt
In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.
Francis Thompson
I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.
Richard Greenberg
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