Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Disraeli, Benjamin

Best Quotes about Character

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

Bible

Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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

Mohammed

Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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

Buddha

During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.

Baruch, Bernard M.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.

Richter, Jean Paul

10.

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

Euripides

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life.

Strindberg, J. August

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Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Lubbock, Sir John

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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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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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Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

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

21.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Few persons are made of such strong fiber that they will make a costly outlay when surface work will pass as well in the market.

Bounds, E. M.

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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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Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination.

Luther, John

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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When God measures man, He puts the tape around his heart -- not his head.

Guideposts

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

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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

32.

The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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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

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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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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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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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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

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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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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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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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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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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 cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

James A. Froude

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.

Richard Greenberg

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

Goldsmith, Oliver