Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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

Maritain, Jacques

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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

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

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Those who cross the sea change only the climate, not their character.

Horace

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Thurber, James

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

Guideposts

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Chambers, Oswald

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones.

Royal, Darrell

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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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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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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

Buddha

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

Voltaire

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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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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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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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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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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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Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.

Merikare

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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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You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.

Reagan, Ronald

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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You must regulate your life by the standards you admire when you are at your best.