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

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Seneca

Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Karr, Alphonse

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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

Hall, Manly

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

Thurber, James

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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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That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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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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.

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

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

Confucius

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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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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Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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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

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

Guideposts

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If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

Maurois, Andre

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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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The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence.

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon

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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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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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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.

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

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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

Estrange, L.

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Horace

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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 is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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