Motivational Quotes

Character

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

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Best Quotes about Character

Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

Collins, Marva

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

Judge of your natural character by what you do in dreams.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

Seneca

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

Gill, Vince

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

Hermann Hesse

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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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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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog, that counts.

Howell, Harry

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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.

Lippmann, Walter

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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

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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Wooden, John

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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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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

Forster, Edward M.

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I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Maritain, Jacques

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Look, we're all the same; a man is a fourteen-room house --in the bedroom he's asleep with his intelligent wife, in the living-room he's rolling around with some bareass girl, in the library he's paying his taxes, in the yard he's raising tomatoes, and in the cellar he's making a bomb to blow it all up.

Miller, Arthur

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If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.

Proverb, Chinese

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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 - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs.

Joan Didion

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

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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

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There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

Hay, Colin

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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.

Richter, Jean Paul

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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.

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An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards, himself his own dungeon.

Pandita, Saskya

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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

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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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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.

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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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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

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You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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

Shakespeare, William

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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