Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Collins, Marva

Best Quotes about Character

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.

Smith, Roy L.

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

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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

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

Proverb

Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

Akhenaton

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

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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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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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life.

Thomas, Isiah

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To have character is to be big enough to take life on.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Hepburn, Katharine

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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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Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Rohn, Jim

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

Hay, Colin

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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

Seneca

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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 is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.

Proverb, Chinese

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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

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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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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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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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

Petrarch, Francesco

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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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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Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Greeley, Horace

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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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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

Confucius

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von