Motivational Quotes

Character

Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.

- William Carleton

Best Quotes about Character

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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Rohn, Jim

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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

Crisp, Quentin

Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Francis Thompson

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Merikare

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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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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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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.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

James A. Froude

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

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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions.

Babson, Roger

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Royal, Darrell

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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It is better for the development of character and contentment to do certain things badly for yourself than to have them done better for you by someone else.

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

Thomas, John M.

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You must look into people, as well as at them.

Chesterfield, Lord

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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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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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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.

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

Horace

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

Hermann Hesse

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Look, we're all the same; a man is a fourteen-room house --in the bedroom he's asleep with his intelligent wife, in the living-room he's rolling around with some bareass girl, in the library he's paying his taxes, in the yard he's raising tomatoes, and in the cellar he's making a bomb to blow it all up.

Miller, Arthur

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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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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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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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle