Motivational Quotes

Character

They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence

- Virgil

Best Quotes about Character

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character in a child.

Cushman, Charlotte Saunders

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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.

Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.

Drummond, Henry

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

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

Pandita, Saskya

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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

Voltaire

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

Chambers, Oswald

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

Michener, James A.

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Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination.

Luther, John

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Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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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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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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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

Seneca

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

Horace

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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how -- the very best I can. And I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

Lincoln, Abraham

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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

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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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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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Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

Akhenaton

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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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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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

Bible

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Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones.

Royal, Darrell

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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

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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

Crisp, Quentin

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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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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Wooden, John

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

Peter The Great

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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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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