Motivational Quotes

Character

Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.

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Best Quotes about Character

1.

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

2.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

3.

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

Brown, Les

4.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

5.

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.

6.

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

Francis Thompson

7.

The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

Buren, Abigail Van

8.

Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.

9.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Gill, Vince

10.

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

Bible

11.

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

Thoreau, Henry David

12.

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.

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

16.

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

17.

We falsely attribute to men a determined character -- putting together all their yesterdays -- and averaging them -- we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is the silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

18.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

19.

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

20.

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

Shakespeare, William

21.

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

Karr, Alphonse

22.

Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

23.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Solon

24.

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

25.

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

Thurber, James

26.

To succeed is nothing -- it's an accident. But to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character.

Leneru, Marie

27.

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

Mason, John L.

28.

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

29.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

30.

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

Petrarch, Francesco

31.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

32.

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

Thomas, John M.

33.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Hepburn, Katharine

34.

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

Frankfurter, Felix

35.

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

Taylor, Bayard

36.

Character is a victory, not a gift.

37.

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

Elmer G. Letterman

38.

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

Cicero, Marcus T.

39.

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

40.

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life.

Strindberg, J. August

41.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

Covey, Stephen R.

42.

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

43.

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

Michener, James A.

44.

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

Horace

45.

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