Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Lois McMaster Bujold

Best Quotes about Character

Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs.

Joan Didion

The higher character a person supports the more they should regard their smallest actions.

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

Michener, James A.

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Proverb, Chinese

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Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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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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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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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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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Solon

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

Cicero

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

Crisp, Quentin

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

Karr, Alphonse

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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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An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards, himself his own dungeon.

Pandita, Saskya

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.

Merikare

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.