Motivational Quotes

Character

Character is simply habit long continued.

- Plutarch

Best Quotes about Character

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Thurber, James

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

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

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

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

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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

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Those who cross the sea change only the climate, not their character.

Horace

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

Solon

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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

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

Chambers, Oswald

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Bible

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Hermann Hesse

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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 have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me!.

James, William

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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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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It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

James, William

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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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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

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

Royal, Darrell

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

Buddha

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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

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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Mason, John L.

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You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. But you can not buy enthusiasm... you can not buy loyalty. You can not buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these.

Francis, Clarence

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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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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Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Shakespeare, William

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A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Hall, Manly

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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.