Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Collins, Marva

Best Quotes about Character

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

Hermann Hesse

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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

Petrarch, Francesco

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou

Akhenaton

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

Taylor, Bayard

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Horace

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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

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

Euripides

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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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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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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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Macaulay, Thomas B.

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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.

Marie Leneru

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

Mohammed

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

Thomas, John M.

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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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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An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards, himself his own dungeon.

Pandita, Saskya

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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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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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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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