Motivational Quotes
Character
Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

Best Quotes about Character
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
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
Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
Oscar Levant
The character of a man is known from his conversations.
Menander
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.
One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.
Estrange, L.
My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.
Arran, Earl of
Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.
Gardner, Ava
As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]
Bible
The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.
Angelou, Maya
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
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
Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
Tacitus, Publius Cornelius
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.
Disraeli, Benjamin
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination.
Luther, John
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
Washington, Booker T.
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.
Confucius
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
Shakespeare, William
Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.
Lowell, James Russell
The higher character a person supports the more they should regard their smallest actions.
To have character is to be big enough to take life on.
Richards, Mary Caroline
Character is simply habit long continued.
Plutarch
Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.
Buddha
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
Petrarch, Francesco
Character is victory organized.
Bonaparte, Napoleon
Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.
William Carleton
While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.
Thurber, James
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
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Robbins, Anthony
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
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
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
Hepburn, Katharine
Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
Gill, Vince
Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.
Freeman, Robert
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
Aquinas, St. Thomas
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
Proverb, Chinese
If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.
Thackeray, William M.
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
The lord will not hold back the promises, even if the person who makes them is not worthy.
Too many lives are needed to make just one.
Montale, Eugenio
I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.
Nathaniel Emmons
One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.
Proverb
They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence
Virgil
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
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.
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
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
La Rochefoucauld, Francois De
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
Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.
What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.
Dyke, Henry Van
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