Motivational Quotes

Character

Character is simply habit long continued.

- Plutarch

Best Quotes about Character

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

Bible

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

Angelou, Maya

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

Shakespeare, William

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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

Lippmann, Walter

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

Marie Leneru

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

Karr, Alphonse

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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 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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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

18.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

James A. Froude

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

Aristotle

20.

Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

24.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

25.

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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It is better for the development of character and contentment to do certain things badly for yourself than to have them done better for you by someone else.

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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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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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

Crisp, Quentin

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

Richter, Jean Paul

31.

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

Confucius

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

Freeman, Robert

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

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

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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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Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

42.

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

Proverb, Chinese

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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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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.

45.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

Chesterfield, Lord

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

Maurois, Andre