Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Crisp, Quentin

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

Bible

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

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

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

Bulger, William M.

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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

Trotsky, Leon

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

Mason, John L.

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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Confucius

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You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

Brown, Les

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

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

18.

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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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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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

Petrarch, Francesco

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Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

Collins, Marva

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

Freeman, Robert

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

James A. Froude

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Michener, James A.

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

Chambers, Oswald

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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 take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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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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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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Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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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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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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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.