Motivational Quotes

Character

The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

- Confucius

Best Quotes about Character

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

We falsely attribute to men a determined character -- putting together all their yesterdays -- and averaging them -- we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is the silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

Maurois, Andre

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

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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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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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

Trotsky, Leon

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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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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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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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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Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Buddha

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You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.

Reagan, Ronald

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

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Royal, Darrell

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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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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Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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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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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

W. Somerset Maugham

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They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence

Virgil

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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

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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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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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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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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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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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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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If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverb

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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of a man you are. It shows me what your ideal of manhood is, and what kind of a man you long to be.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Hay, Colin

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.