Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Taylor, Bayard

Best Quotes about Character

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

Bible

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.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

Shakespeare, William

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

10.

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

Hall, Manly

11.

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 to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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Clothes don't tell the character of the man, but they just as well talk for him as against him.

14.

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

15.

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

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Michener, James A.

18.

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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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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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

22.

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

Nathaniel Emmons

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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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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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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.

27.

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

Peter The Great

28.

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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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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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

Frankfurter, Felix

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

Buddha

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.

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

Reagan, Ronald

34.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Thoreau, Henry David

35.

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

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

Merikare

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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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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

Confucius

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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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Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

Cicero

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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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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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 be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things

Confucius

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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Baldwin, Faith

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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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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.