Motivational Quotes

Character

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

- Robbins, Anthony

Best Quotes about Character

1.

Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

2.

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

3.

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

Nathaniel Emmons

4.

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

Seneca

5.

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

6.

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

7.

My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.

Arran, Earl of

8.

In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.

Francis Thompson

9.

Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

W. Somerset Maugham

10.

Character is a victory, not a gift.

11.

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

12.

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

13.

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

Bible

14.

Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

15.

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

16.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

17.

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.

18.

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

Mason, John L.

19.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Euripides

20.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

21.

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

22.

Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

23.

Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

24.

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

Chesterfield, Lord

25.

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

Jefferson, Thomas

26.

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.

27.

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

28.

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

Buddha

29.

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.

Taylor, Bayard

30.

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

31.

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

32.

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.

33.

You must regulate your life by the standards you admire when you are at your best.

Thomas, John M.

34.

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.

35.

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

Reagan, Ronald

36.

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

37.

Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.

38.

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

39.

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

Peter The Great

40.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

41.

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

Hall, Manly

42.

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.

43.

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

Thurber, James

44.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

45.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

46.

Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.