Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Best Quotes about Character

1.

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

2.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

3.

You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

Brown, Les

4.

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

Lubbock, Sir John

5.

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

6.

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Gardner, Ava

7.

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

8.

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

9.

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.

10.

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

Chambers, Oswald

11.

Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

12.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Greeley, Horace

13.

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

Nathaniel Emmons

14.

If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverb

15.

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

Royal, Darrell

16.

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

Proverb, Chinese

17.

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.

18.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

19.

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

Merikare

20.

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

21.

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

22.

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

Thackeray, William M.

23.

Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.

24.

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

25.

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

Seneca

26.

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

27.

Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

28.

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

29.

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

Karr, Alphonse

30.

Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

31.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

Hermann Hesse

32.

Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

33.

Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

34.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

35.

Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

36.

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

37.

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

38.

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

39.

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

Horace

40.

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

Marden, Orison Swett

41.

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

42.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

43.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

44.

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

Proverb

45.

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

Freeman, Robert

46.

The lord will not hold back the promises, even if the person who makes them is not worthy.

47.

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

48.

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

49.

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

50.

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

James A. Froude