Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Chesterfield, Lord

Best Quotes about Character

It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

Bible

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.

For character too is a process and an unfolding... among our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little too self confident and disdainful; whose distinguished mind is a little spotted with commonness; who is a little pinched here and protuberant there with native prejudices; or whose better energies are liable to lapse down the wrong channel under the influence of transient solicitations?

Eliot, George

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.

William Carleton

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life.

Strindberg, J. August

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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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Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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

Euripides

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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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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Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.

Elihu Burritt

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You must regulate your life by the standards you admire when you are at your best.

Thomas, John M.

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Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.

Merikare

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We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Mohammed

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No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character in a child.

Cushman, Charlotte Saunders

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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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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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Hermann Hesse

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

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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 higher character a person supports the more they should regard their smallest actions.

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

Royal, Darrell

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

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A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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 not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

Freeman, Robert

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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

Seneca

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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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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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You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

Brown, Les

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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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The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

Voltaire