Motivational Quotes

Character

One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.

- Proverb

Best Quotes about Character

We falsely attribute to men a determined character -- putting together all their yesterdays -- and averaging them -- we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is the silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

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

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

Character is a victory, not a gift.

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence.

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon

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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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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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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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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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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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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Gill, Vince

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Freeman, Robert

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

Guideposts

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

Chambers, Oswald

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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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Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

Akhenaton

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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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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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

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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

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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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Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Karr, Alphonse

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

Thackeray, William M.

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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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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Abraham Lincoln

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

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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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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

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I have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me!.

James, William

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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

Mohammed