Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Nathaniel Emmons

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

If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Thackeray, William M.

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

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

Crisp, Quentin

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

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

Howell, Harry

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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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.

Proverb, Chinese

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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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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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

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.

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

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

Reagan, Ronald

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

Lubbock, Sir John

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

Voltaire

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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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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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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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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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

Frankfurter, Felix

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There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Hall, Manly

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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

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

Michener, James A.

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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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Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Rohn, Jim

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

Horace

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

Proverb

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The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.

Smith, Roy L.

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Buddha

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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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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew