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

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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.

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

Lubbock, Sir John

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

Brown, Les

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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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.

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

James A. Froude

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.

Drummond, Henry

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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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Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Karr, Alphonse

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If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.

Proverb, Chinese

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

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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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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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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

Forster, Edward M.

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I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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Few persons are made of such strong fiber that they will make a costly outlay when surface work will pass as well in the market.

Bounds, E. M.

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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.

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

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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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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

Hermann Hesse

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

Guideposts

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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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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow and the force of it depends on the strength of the arm from which it was shot. Argument is like a bullet fired from a gun and has equal force even when issued from a child.

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It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.

Jefferson, Thomas

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

Voltaire

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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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Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure.

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

Leneru, Marie

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

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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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