Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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.

If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Thackeray, William M.

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

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Wilson, Woodrow T.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Goldsmith, Oliver

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

W. Somerset Maugham

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If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverb

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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

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

Horace

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You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.

Reagan, Ronald

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It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.

Jefferson, Thomas

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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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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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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Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

Cicero

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Solon

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

Hermann Hesse

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

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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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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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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

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Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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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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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Chambers, Oswald

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Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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 have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me!.

James, William

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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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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We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.