Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about 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

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

Maritain, Jacques

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

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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

Seneca

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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

During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.

Baruch, Bernard M.

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Taylor, Bayard

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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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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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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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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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Bible

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

Horace

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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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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Character is like the foundation of a house -- it is below the surface.

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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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Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination.

Luther, John

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

Michener, James A.

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

Estrange, L.

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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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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

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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

Voltaire

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

Chambers, Oswald

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I have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me!.

James, William

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Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

Covey, Stephen R.

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

Hermann Hesse

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.