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

The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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

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.

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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 a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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 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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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Thackeray, William M.

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Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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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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Those who cross the sea change only the climate, not their character.

Horace

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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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When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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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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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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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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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how -- the very best I can. And I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

Lincoln, Abraham

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In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.

Francis Thompson

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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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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones.

Royal, Darrell

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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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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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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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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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 best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

Buren, Abigail Van

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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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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The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

Voltaire

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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 our destiny.

Heraclitus

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