Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Bible

Best Quotes about Character

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Nathaniel Emmons

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

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

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

Thomas, John M.

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 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

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.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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.

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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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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

Pandita, Saskya

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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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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Freeman, Robert

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

Bible

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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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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.

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

Michener, James A.

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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

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Proverb

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

Baldwin, Faith

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

Aristotle

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The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

Voltaire

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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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If anyone tells you someone has changed their character; don't believe it.

Mohammed

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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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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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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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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Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Lubbock, Sir John

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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.

Fitzwater, P. B.

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert