Motivational Quotes

Character

I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.

- Richard Greenberg

Best Quotes about Character

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

Reagan, Ronald

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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

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

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

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

Peter The Great

Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Michener, James A.

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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

Frankfurter, Felix

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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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Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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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 - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs.

Joan Didion

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

James A. Froude

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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

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

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I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.

Richard Greenberg

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

Bible

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

Chambers, Oswald

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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.

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The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

Buren, Abigail Van

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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Horace

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If anyone tells you someone has changed their character; don't believe it.

Mohammed

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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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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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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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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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Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.

Elihu Burritt

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

Thurber, James

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

Collins, Marva

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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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

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

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

Lubbock, Sir John

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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