Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Nathaniel Emmons

Best Quotes about Character

1.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

2.

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

Guideposts

3.

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

4.

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

5.

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

6.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

7.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Greeley, Horace

8.

A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

9.

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

10.

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

11.

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

12.

The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

Buren, Abigail Van

13.

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

14.

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

15.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

19.

Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

20.

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

21.

Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

22.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

23.

Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

24.

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

Maritain, Jacques

25.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

26.

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

27.

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

28.

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

Elmer G. Letterman

29.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

30.

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

31.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Disraeli, Benjamin

32.

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

33.

It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog, that counts.

Howell, Harry

34.

Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones.

Royal, Darrell

35.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

36.

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

37.

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

Thoreau, Henry David

38.

You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

Brown, Les

39.

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

40.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.