Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Character

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

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.

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

Maritain, Jacques

It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.

Jefferson, Thomas

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

Merikare

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

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

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.

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

Solon

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

Freeman, Robert

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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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While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Thurber, James

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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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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.

Elmer G. Letterman

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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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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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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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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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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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He that has light within his own clear breast may sit in the center, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts benighted walks under the mid-day sun;

Milton, John

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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

33.

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

Euripides

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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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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Richter, Jean Paul

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. But you can not buy enthusiasm... you can not buy loyalty. You can not buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these.

Francis, Clarence

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The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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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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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.

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

Buddha

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

Collins, Marva

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Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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.

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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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