Motivational Quotes

Character

Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

- Karr, Alphonse

Best Quotes about Character

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

Jefferson, Thomas

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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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

Leneru, Marie

Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.

Elihu Burritt

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

The lord will not hold back the promises, even if the person who makes them is not worthy.

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

Lubbock, Sir John

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If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

Maurois, Andre

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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions.

Babson, Roger

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

Royal, Darrell

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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.

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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, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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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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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou

Akhenaton

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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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You must look into people, as well as at them.

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Mohammed

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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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Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.

Taylor, Bayard

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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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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

Aristotle

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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 matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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

Estrange, L.

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

Angelou, Maya

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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.