Motivational Quotes

Character

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

- James, William

Best Quotes about Character

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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

Thurber, James

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

Guideposts

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.

Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Estrange, L.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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 is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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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 must regulate your life by the standards you admire when you are at your best.

Thomas, John M.

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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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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Gill, Vince

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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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

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Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Churchill, Winston

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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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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

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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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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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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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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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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

Crisp, Quentin

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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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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Mason, John L.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Shakespeare, William

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If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverb

40.

For character too is a process and an unfolding... among our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little too self confident and disdainful; whose distinguished mind is a little spotted with commonness; who is a little pinched here and protuberant there with native prejudices; or whose better energies are liable to lapse down the wrong channel under the influence of transient solicitations?

Eliot, George

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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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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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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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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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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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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

Chambers, Oswald

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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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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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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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