Motivational Quotes

Character

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Best Quotes about Character

1.

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

2.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

3.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

4.

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

Chambers, Oswald

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

Estrange, L.

8.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

James A. Froude

9.

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

10.

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

Collins, Marva

11.

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.

12.

I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

13.

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

Thoreau, Henry David

14.

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

Horace

15.

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

16.

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

Confucius

17.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

18.

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

19.

Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

20.

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Lubbock, Sir John

21.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Hepburn, Katharine

22.

Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

W. Somerset Maugham

23.

It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog, that counts.

Howell, Harry

24.

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

Peter The Great

25.

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

26.

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

27.

Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

28.

Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

George Santayana

29.

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

30.

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

Karr, Alphonse

31.

Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.

Fitzwater, P. B.

32.

Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.

Lippmann, Walter

33.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

34.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

35.

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

Marie Leneru

36.

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.

37.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

38.

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

Solon

39.

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

Plautus, Titus Maccius

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

Leneru, Marie

43.

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

44.

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

45.

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

46.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

47.

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

48.

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