Motivational Quotes

Character

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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Best Quotes about Character

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.

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Angelou, Maya

Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

Collins, Marva

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

Estrange, L.

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

Too many lives are needed to make just one.

Montale, Eugenio

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Lubbock, Sir John

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

Confucius

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

Merikare

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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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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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

Guideposts

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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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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

18.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

James A. Froude

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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.

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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

Horace

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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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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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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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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One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.

Proverb

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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

Petrarch, Francesco

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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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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If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.

Proverb, Chinese

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Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou

Akhenaton

38.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Euripides

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

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Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.

Elihu Burritt

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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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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.

Leneru, Marie

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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.

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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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Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Churchill, Winston

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