Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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

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

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

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

Seneca

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.

Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverb

10.

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

Bible

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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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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Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Churchill, Winston

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Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.

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

Mohammed

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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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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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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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

Petrarch, Francesco

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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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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

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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

Chambers, Oswald

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

Proverb, Chinese

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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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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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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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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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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 the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

35.

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Solon

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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.

Leneru, Marie

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

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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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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

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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.