Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Schopenhauer, Arthur

Best Quotes about Character

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

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverb

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

Estrange, L.

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

Seneca

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Those who cross the sea change only the climate, not their character.

Horace

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

Chambers, Oswald

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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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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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

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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

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

Mason, John L.

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I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

Plautus, Titus Maccius

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

Bible

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

Guideposts

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Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Voltaire

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

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Freeman, Robert

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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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Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Greeley, Horace

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

Hall, Manly

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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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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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Peter The Great

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

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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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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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