Motivational Quotes

Character

It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.

- Jefferson, Thomas

Best Quotes about Character

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

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

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

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

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

Aristotle

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.

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

Hay, Colin

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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

Confucius

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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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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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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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

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

Estrange, L.

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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.

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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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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Angelou, Maya

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

Proverb, Chinese

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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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To succeed is nothing, it's an accident. but to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character.

Marie Leneru

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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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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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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.

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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 development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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

Michener, James A.

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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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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.

Merikare

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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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An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards, himself his own dungeon.

Pandita, Saskya

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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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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Clothes don't tell the character of the man, but they just as well talk for him as against him.

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert