Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Richter, Jean Paul

Best Quotes about Character

If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Thackeray, William M.

Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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.

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

Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

Covey, Stephen R.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

Solon

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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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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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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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Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

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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

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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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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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The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.

Smith, Roy L.

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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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Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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

Mason, John L.

33.

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

Marie Leneru

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Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

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

Hall, Manly

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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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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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I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Nathaniel Emmons

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Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

Pandita, Saskya

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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.

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Freeman, Robert

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

Mohammed

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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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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There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

Hay, Colin

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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