Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Reynolds, Sir Joshua

Best Quotes about Character

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

Cicero, Marcus T.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

Seneca

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Crisp, Quentin

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

Lincoln, Abraham

11.

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

Voltaire

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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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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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Euripides

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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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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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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

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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

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

Estrange, L.

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

Francis Thompson

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

Brown, Les

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

Guideposts

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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

41.

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

James A. Froude

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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

43.

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

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Freeman, Robert

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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.