Motivational Quotes

Character

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.

Best Quotes about Character

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

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

Royal, Darrell

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.

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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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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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

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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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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

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For character too is a process and an unfolding... among our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little too self confident and disdainful; whose distinguished mind is a little spotted with commonness; who is a little pinched here and protuberant there with native prejudices; or whose better energies are liable to lapse down the wrong channel under the influence of transient solicitations?

Eliot, George

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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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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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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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Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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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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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Shakespeare, William

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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

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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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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.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

Bible

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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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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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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

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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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To have character is to be big enough to take life on.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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The lord will not hold back the promises, even if the person who makes them is not worthy.

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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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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

Dyke, Henry Van

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Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

Freeman, Robert

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von