Motivational Quotes

Character

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

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Best Quotes about Character

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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

Chambers, Oswald

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

Euripides

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Leneru, Marie

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

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Greeley, Horace

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

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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 is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

Aristotle

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Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.

Drummond, Henry

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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Wooden, John

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In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.

Francis Thompson

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Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Guideposts

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Michener, James A.

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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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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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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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To have character is to be big enough to take life on.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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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.

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

Collins, Marva

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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

Mohammed

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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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What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

Dyke, Henry Van

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Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.

Richard Greenberg

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There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

Hay, Colin

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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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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.

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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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Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Hall, Manly

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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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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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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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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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

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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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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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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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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Nathaniel Emmons

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Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs.

Joan Didion