Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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

Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow and the force of it depends on the strength of the arm from which it was shot. Argument is like a bullet fired from a gun and has equal force even when issued from a child.

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

Voltaire

A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

Crisp, Quentin

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

Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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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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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

Seneca

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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

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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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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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination.

Luther, John

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

Merikare

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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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Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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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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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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They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence

Virgil

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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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A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Chambers, Oswald

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

Reagan, Ronald

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When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Peter The Great

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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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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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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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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

Confucius

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Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.