Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

1.

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

Crisp, Quentin

2.

Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

3.

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

Hay, Colin

4.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

5.

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

6.

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.

Taylor, Bayard

7.

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

8.

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

9.

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

Hermann Hesse

10.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Solon

11.

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.

12.

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

13.

Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.

Fitzwater, P. B.

14.

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

Brown, Les

15.

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.

16.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

17.

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

18.

When God measures man, He puts the tape around his heart -- not his head.

Guideposts

19.

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

20.

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

21.

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

22.

It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

23.

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

24.

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

25.

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

Howell, Harry

26.

Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

27.

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

Elmer G. Letterman

28.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Hepburn, Katharine

29.

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.

30.

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

Freeman, Robert

31.

Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Karr, Alphonse

32.

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

33.

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

Peter The Great

34.

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

Shakespeare, William

35.

Character is a victory, not a gift.

36.

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

37.

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

38.

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

39.

If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Thackeray, William M.

40.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

41.

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

42.

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

43.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

44.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

45.

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

Proverb, Chinese

46.

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

47.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

48.

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

49.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

50.

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