Motivational Quotes

Character

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

- Limbaugh, Rush

Best Quotes about Character

A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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

Guideposts

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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

Horace

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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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

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

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

Thomas, John M.

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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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

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

Voltaire

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Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

Pandita, Saskya

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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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I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.

Peter The Great

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Michener, James A.

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

Maritain, Jacques

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

Forster, Edward M.

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It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Covey, Stephen R.

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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.

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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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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No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character in a child.

Cushman, Charlotte Saunders

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

Bible

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

Seneca

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.

Fitzwater, P. B.

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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 tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.

Reagan, Ronald

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell