Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Chambers, Oswald

Best Quotes about Character

Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Shakespeare, William

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

Joan Didion

Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Few persons are made of such strong fiber that they will make a costly outlay when surface work will pass as well in the market.

Bounds, E. M.

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.

Taylor, Bayard

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

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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Royal, Darrell

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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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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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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 is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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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, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.

Jefferson, Thomas

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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

Aristotle

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

Bible

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

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

Collins, Marva

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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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The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence.

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon

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They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence

Virgil

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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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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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

Chambers, Oswald

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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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Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

George Santayana

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

Baldwin, Faith

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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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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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You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. But you can not buy enthusiasm... you can not buy loyalty. You can not buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these.

Francis, Clarence

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

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony