Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Solon

Best Quotes about Character

1.

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

Seneca

2.

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

Confucius

3.

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

4.

Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

5.

Character is a victory, not a gift.

6.

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

Trotsky, Leon

7.

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

8.

A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

9.

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.

Reagan, Ronald

10.

Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.

Boardman, George D.

11.

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

12.

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

13.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

14.

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

Proverb, Chinese

15.

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

16.

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

Horace

17.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Shakespeare, William

18.

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.

19.

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

Petrarch, Francesco

20.

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

Lippmann, Walter

21.

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

Greeley, Horace

22.

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

23.

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

Crisp, Quentin

24.

Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

Frankfurter, Felix

25.

There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

Bulger, William M.

26.

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.

27.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Goldsmith, Oliver

28.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

29.

Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Buddha

30.

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

Lubbock, Sir John

31.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of a man you are. It shows me what your ideal of manhood is, and what kind of a man you long to be.

Carlyle, Thomas

32.

While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Thurber, James

33.

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

34.

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

35.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

Bisset, Jacqueline

36.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

37.

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

38.

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

Nathaniel Emmons

39.

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

40.

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

41.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

42.

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

43.

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

Guideposts

44.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

45.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

46.

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

Chambers, Oswald

47.

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life.

Strindberg, J. August

48.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Proverb, Chinese

49.

The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.

Smith, Roy L.

50.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin