Motivational Quotes

Character

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

Best Quotes about Character

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

Covey, Stephen R.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Buddha

Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Churchill, Winston

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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.

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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Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.

Boardman, George D.

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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

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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 formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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

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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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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

Proverb, African

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

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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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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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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Wooden, John

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Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

Collins, Marva

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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Judge of your natural character by what you do in dreams.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Shakespeare, William

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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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You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

Brown, Les

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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

Aristotle

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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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As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Hall, Manly

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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Solon

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Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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