Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Peter The Great

Best Quotes about Character

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

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

Estrange, L.

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

Maritain, Jacques

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

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

Gaulle, Charles De

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

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

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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

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

Guideposts

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

Baldwin, Faith

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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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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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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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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.

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

Greeley, Horace

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

Francis Thompson

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize.

Mason, John L.

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Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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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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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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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Howell, Harry

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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

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

Proverb

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

James, William

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The lord will not hold back the promises, even if the person who makes them is not worthy.

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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

Hay, Colin

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That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Fitzwater, P. B.