Motivational Quotes

Character

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Best Quotes about Character

Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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

Elmer G. Letterman

The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.

Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

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

Collins, Marva

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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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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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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Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

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You must regulate your life by the standards you admire when you are at your best.

Thomas, John M.

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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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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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

Michener, James A.

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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 higher character a person supports the more they should regard their smallest actions.

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

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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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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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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

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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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.

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

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

Elihu Burritt

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

Merikare

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Freeman, Robert

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We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Estrange, 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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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

Chambers, Oswald

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Horace

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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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Character is our destiny.

Heraclitus

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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

Seneca

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Thackeray, William M.

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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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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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