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

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

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.

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.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.

Merikare

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.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in dreams.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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

Crisp, Quentin

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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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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

Petrarch, Francesco

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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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Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Rohn, Jim

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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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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Gill, Vince

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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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 matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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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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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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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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

Mohammed

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

Collins, Marva

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Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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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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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Angelou, Maya

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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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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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It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

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

Thackeray, William M.

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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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When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

Landers, Ann

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell