Motivational Quotes

Character

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

- Washington, Booker T.

Best Quotes about Character

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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

Hepburn, Katharine

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

James, William

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.

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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

Collins, Marva

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Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.

Boardman, George D.

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I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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He that has light within his own clear breast may sit in the center, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts benighted walks under the mid-day sun;

Milton, John

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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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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 that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

Aristotle

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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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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

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

Buddha

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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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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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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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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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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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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

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

Brown, Les

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

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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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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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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards, himself his own dungeon.

Pandita, Saskya

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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

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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

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

Trotsky, Leon

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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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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You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. But you can not buy enthusiasm... you can not buy loyalty. You can not buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these.

Francis, Clarence

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

Royal, Darrell

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.