Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Michener, James A.

Best Quotes about Character

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

Freeman, Robert

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

Confucius

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

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.

It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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

There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

Hay, Colin

Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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

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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Baldwin, Faith

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Thurber, James

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Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

W. Somerset Maugham

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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

Hermann Hesse

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

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

Thomas, John M.

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It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

James, William

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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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 can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverb

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We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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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 can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Shakespeare, William

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Few persons are made of such strong fiber that they will make a costly outlay when surface work will pass as well in the market.

Bounds, E. M.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Gill, Vince

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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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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I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

Jefferson, Thomas

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