Motivational Quotes

Character

Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

- Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

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

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Buddha

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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

The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Confucius

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of a man you are. It shows me what your ideal of manhood is, and what kind of a man you long to be.

Carlyle, Thomas

To succeed is nothing, it's an accident. but to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character.

Marie Leneru

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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

Bulger, William M.

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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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Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure.

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If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Thackeray, William M.

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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Richter, Jean Paul

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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Angelou, Maya

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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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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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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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.

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

Peter The Great

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs.

Joan Didion

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

Guideposts

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

Forster, Edward M.

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Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.

Lippmann, Walter

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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If anyone tells you someone has changed their character; don't believe it.

Mohammed

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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Solon

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In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.

Francis Thompson

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

Proverb, Chinese

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During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.

Baruch, Bernard M.

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Wooden, John

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson