Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

Angelou, Maya

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

Judge of your natural character by what you do in dreams.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

Marden, Orison Swett

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Hepburn, Katharine

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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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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 matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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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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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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The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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

Seneca

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

Leneru, Marie

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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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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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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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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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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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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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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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

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

Hay, Colin

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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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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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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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Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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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

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

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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.

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Mason, John L.