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

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

Collins, Marva

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

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

Lippmann, Walter

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

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Mason, John L.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence

Virgil

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Wooden, John

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It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog, that counts.

Howell, Harry

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

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

Baldwin, Faith

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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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Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Buddha

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It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

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Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

Lowell, James Russell

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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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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.

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Clothes don't tell the character of the man, but they just as well talk for him as against him.

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A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life.

Strindberg, J. August

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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

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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

Michener, James A.

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

Aristotle

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

Thurber, James

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

Lubbock, Sir John

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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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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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

Bovee, Christian Nevell