Motivational Quotes

Character

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

- Proverb, Chinese

Best Quotes about Character

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.

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.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

Cicero

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

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.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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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 is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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

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

Reagan, Ronald

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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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Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.

Boardman, George D.

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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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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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Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou

Akhenaton

24.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how -- the very best I can. And I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Royal, Darrell

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

Baldwin, Faith

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Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Lubbock, Sir John

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One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.

Proverb

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

Collins, Marva

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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

Seneca

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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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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

43.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Maritain, Jacques

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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

Freeman, Robert

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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Character is a victory, not a gift.