Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Michener, James A.

Best Quotes about Character

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

Cicero, Marcus T.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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.

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

Hermann Hesse

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Nathaniel Emmons

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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

Petrarch, Francesco

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

12.

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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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

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

Merikare

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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Euripides

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Clothes don't tell the character of the man, but they just as well talk for him as against him.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

Bisset, Jacqueline

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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

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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

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Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Rohn, Jim

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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

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

Michener, James A.

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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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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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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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One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.

Proverb

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

Freeman, Robert

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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