Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

Petrarch, Francesco

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

Proverb

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

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

Look, we're all the same; a man is a fourteen-room house --in the bedroom he's asleep with his intelligent wife, in the living-room he's rolling around with some bareass girl, in the library he's paying his taxes, in the yard he's raising tomatoes, and in the cellar he's making a bomb to blow it all up.

Miller, Arthur

10.

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

11.

Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure.

12.

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

Voltaire

13.

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

Seneca

14.

It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog, that counts.

Howell, Harry

15.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

16.

Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.

Lippmann, Walter

17.

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

Hall, Manly

18.

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence.

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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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When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

23.

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

Aristotle

25.

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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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

27.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

James A. Froude

28.

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

Thurber, James

29.

Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

30.

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

Karr, Alphonse

31.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Reagan, Ronald

33.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Thoreau, Henry David

34.

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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Character is a victory, not a gift.

36.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

Bisset, Jacqueline

37.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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

40.

It is better for the development of character and contentment to do certain things badly for yourself than to have them done better for you by someone else.

41.

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

Baldwin, Faith

42.

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

Buddha

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Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

George Santayana

44.

Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

45.

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

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Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Greeley, Horace

47.

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

Horace

48.

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

Hay, Colin

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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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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.