Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Bovee, Christian Nevell

Best Quotes about Character

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

King Jr. Martin Luther

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

Confucius

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

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

Mohammed

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

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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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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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Hermann Hesse

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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

Gaulle, Charles De

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

Chambers, Oswald

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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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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The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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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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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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Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Karr, Alphonse

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Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

Landers, Ann

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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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Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination.

Luther, John

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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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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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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

Bulger, William M.

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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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The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.