Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Chesterfield, Lord

Best Quotes about Character

Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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

Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize.

Mason, John L.

If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Thackeray, William M.

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

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.

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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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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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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I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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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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One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

Estrange, L.

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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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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

James A. Froude

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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

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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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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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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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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Michener, James A.

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Hermann Hesse

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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

Baldwin, Faith

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

Shakespeare, William

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Hall, Manly

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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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Those who cross the sea change only the climate, not their character.

Horace

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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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.