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

The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Shakespeare, William

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

Peter The Great

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

Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

George Santayana

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

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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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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

Gaulle, Charles De

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Seneca

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

Brown, Les

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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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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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.

Richard Greenberg

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We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

Maritain, Jacques

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

Chambers, Oswald

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

Hall, Manly

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

Guideposts

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

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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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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

Lebowitz, Fran

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

Freeman, Robert

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I have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me!.

James, William