Motivational Quotes

Character

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

- Menander

Best Quotes about Character

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

Gaulle, Charles De

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Jefferson, Thomas

For character too is a process and an unfolding... among our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little too self confident and disdainful; whose distinguished mind is a little spotted with commonness; who is a little pinched here and protuberant there with native prejudices; or whose better energies are liable to lapse down the wrong channel under the influence of transient solicitations?

Eliot, George

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

Solon

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

I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.

Peter The Great

That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Michener, James A.

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

Nathaniel Emmons

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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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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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Royal, Darrell

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The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

Buren, Abigail Van

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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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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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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

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Aquinas, St. 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 better for the development of character and contentment to do certain things badly for yourself than to have them done better for you by someone else.

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I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.

Richard Greenberg

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

Euripides

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

Freeman, Robert

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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

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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Macaulay, Thomas B.

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

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

Elmer G. Letterman

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

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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

Mohammed

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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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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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While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize.

Mason, John L.

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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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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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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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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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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