Motivational Quotes

Character

During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.

- Baruch, Bernard M.

Best Quotes about Character

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

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.

Proverb

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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

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

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Baldwin, Faith

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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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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

Forster, Edward M.

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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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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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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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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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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Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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

Collins, Marva

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There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Hall, Manly

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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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Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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

Solon

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize.

Mason, John L.

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

Peter The Great

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A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

Hermann Hesse

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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

Hay, Colin

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

Michener, James A.

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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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A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

Beecher, Henry Ward