Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

To succeed is nothing -- it's an accident. But to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character.

Leneru, Marie

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

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

There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

Bulger, William M.

Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. But you can not buy enthusiasm... you can not buy loyalty. You can not buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these.

Francis, Clarence

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.

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

Voltaire

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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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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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It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.

Jefferson, Thomas

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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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

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

Estrange, L.

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

Chambers, Oswald

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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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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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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Angelou, Maya

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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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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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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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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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Hermann Hesse

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Macaulay, Thomas B.

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

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Bible

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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

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

Guideposts

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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

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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Character is simply habit long continued.