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

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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.

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

Keller, Helen

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

Brown, Les

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

James A. Froude

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

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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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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Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Shakespeare, William

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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

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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

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Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Lubbock, Sir John

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Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.

Elmer G. Letterman

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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 is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Abraham Lincoln

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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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

Petrarch, Francesco

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

Lowell, James Russell

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Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.

Merikare

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

Nathaniel Emmons

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Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

28.

Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

Cicero

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

Chambers, Oswald

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

Freeman, Robert

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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.

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While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Thurber, James

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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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Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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You must look into people, as well as at them.

Chesterfield, Lord

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Michener, James A.

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Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones.

Royal, Darrell

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It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Covey, Stephen R.

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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

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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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

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During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.

Baruch, Bernard M.