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

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

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

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.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Akhenaton

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

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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

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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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The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

Buren, Abigail Van

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If anyone tells you someone has changed their character; don't believe it.

Mohammed

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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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The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

Voltaire

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

Collins, Marva

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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

Gill, Vince

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The lord will not hold back the promises, even if the person who makes them is not worthy.

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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

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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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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Euripides

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

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A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Hall, Manly

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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.

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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Buddha

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

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I have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me!.

James, William

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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

Frankfurter, Felix

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

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

Peter The Great

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One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

Estrange, L.