Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Euripides

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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

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

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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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.

11.

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

Chambers, Oswald

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Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs.

Joan Didion

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

Thurber, James

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Proverb

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

Hall, Manly

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We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

Maritain, Jacques

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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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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

27.

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

Greeley, Horace

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

Confucius

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

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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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Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.

Elihu Burritt

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

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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

Mohammed

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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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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

40.

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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In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.

Francis Thompson

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.

Elmer G. Letterman

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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.