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

Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.

Drummond, Henry

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

Solon

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

Chambers, Oswald

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

Lowell, James Russell

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Thurber, James

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

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

Gaulle, Charles De

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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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Clothes don't tell the character of the man, but they just as well talk for him as against him.

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

Joan Didion

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.

Proverb

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Michener, James A.

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Collins, Marva

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Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Richter, Jean Paul

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A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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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 character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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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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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

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

James, William

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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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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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