Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.

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

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

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

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

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.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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

Hall, Manly

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Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure.

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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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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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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

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

Crisp, Quentin

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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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

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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Baldwin, Faith

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A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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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

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Bible

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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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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

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.

Elihu Burritt

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

Karr, Alphonse

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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.

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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

Mohammed

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

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

Guideposts

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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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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I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

Plautus, Titus Maccius

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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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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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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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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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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

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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