Motivational Quotes

Character

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.

Best Quotes about Character

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

Greeley, Horace

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Lubbock, Sir John

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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.

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

Angelou, Maya

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

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

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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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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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

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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Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou

Akhenaton

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

Marie Leneru

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Abraham Lincoln

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

Hermann Hesse

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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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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Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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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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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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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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

Reagan, Ronald

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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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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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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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

Confucius

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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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 is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

Forster, Edward M.

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Judge of your natural character by what you do in dreams.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.