Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Bible

Best Quotes about Character

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

Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Hall, Manly

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

Elihu Burritt

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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.

The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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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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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

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

Maritain, Jacques

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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 to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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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

18.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of a man you are. It shows me what your ideal of manhood is, and what kind of a man you long to be.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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

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

Brown, Les

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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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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

W. Somerset Maugham

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

Voltaire

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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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Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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

Baldwin, Faith

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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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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

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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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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

Seneca

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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.