Motivational Quotes

Character

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Best Quotes about Character

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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

Elihu Burritt

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

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

Guideposts

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Bible

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones.

Royal, Darrell

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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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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

Thurber, James

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

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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

18.

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 a victory, not a gift.

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Character is like the foundation of a house -- it is below the surface.

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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

Freeman, Robert

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

Fitzwater, P. B.

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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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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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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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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

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

Estrange, L.

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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

Forster, Edward M.

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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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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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

Aristotle

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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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

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

Howell, Harry

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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

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

Lubbock, Sir John

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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how -- the very best I can. And I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

Lincoln, Abraham

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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