Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

Character is like the foundation of a house -- it is below the surface.

I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.

Peter The Great

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

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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

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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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Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Lubbock, Sir John

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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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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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Macaulay, Thomas B.

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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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

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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

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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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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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

Proverb, Chinese

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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.

Richter, Jean Paul

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

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

Chambers, Oswald

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Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

Collins, Marva

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.

Taylor, Bayard

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

Hermann Hesse

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The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence.

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon

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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

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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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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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

Lebowitz, Fran

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

Landers, Ann

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.

Reagan, Ronald

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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

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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

Aristotle

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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

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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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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