Motivational Quotes

Character

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

- Disraeli, Benjamin

Best Quotes about Character

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

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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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.

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.

While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize.

Mason, John L.

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

Hermann Hesse

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

Solon

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

Seneca

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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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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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Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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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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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 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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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.

Merikare

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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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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 is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

Freeman, Robert

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It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog, that counts.

Howell, Harry

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

Maritain, Jacques

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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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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Angelou, Maya

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Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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

Bible

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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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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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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

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

Collins, Marva

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Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Karr, Alphonse

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As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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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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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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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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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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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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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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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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I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.

Peter The Great

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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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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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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