Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Character

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

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

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

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

To succeed is nothing -- it's an accident. But to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character.

Leneru, Marie

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

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

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

Euripides

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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

Guideposts

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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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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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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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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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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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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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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Hall, Manly

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

Mohammed

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Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.

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One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

Estrange, L.

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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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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Lubbock, Sir John

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Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

Lowell, James Russell

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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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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Bible

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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

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

Mason, John L.