Motivational Quotes

Character

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.

Best Quotes about Character

Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.

Drummond, Henry

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

Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Buddha

While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Thurber, James

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

Proverb

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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

Voltaire

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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When God measures man, He puts the tape around his heart -- not his head.

Guideposts

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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

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Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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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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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 is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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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

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One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

Estrange, L.

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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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

Proverb

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It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

James, William

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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

Hermann Hesse

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Chambers, Oswald

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

Maurois, Andre

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Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

Akhenaton

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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Angelou, Maya

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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things

Confucius

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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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 the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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

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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius