Motivational Quotes

Character

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

- Solon

Best Quotes about Character

1.

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Proverb

2.

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Angelou, Maya

3.

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

Estrange, L.

4.

Look, we're all the same; a man is a fourteen-room house --in the bedroom he's asleep with his intelligent wife, in the living-room he's rolling around with some bareass girl, in the library he's paying his taxes, in the yard he's raising tomatoes, and in the cellar he's making a bomb to blow it all up.

Miller, Arthur

5.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

6.

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

Peter The Great

7.

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

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

8.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Washington, Booker T.

9.

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

10.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

11.

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

12.

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

Lubbock, Sir John

13.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

14.

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

15.

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

16.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

17.

Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

18.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

19.

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

20.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Bible

21.

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

22.

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

23.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

24.

Character is to man what carbon is to steel.

Hill, Napoleon

25.

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.

26.

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

Elmer G. Letterman

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

Marie Leneru

30.

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

Proverb, Chinese

31.

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

32.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

33.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

34.

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

Gill, Vince

35.

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

36.

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

37.

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.

38.

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

Maritain, Jacques

39.

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

40.

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

41.

Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

42.

The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

43.

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

Mohammed

44.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

Keller, Helen

45.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

46.

Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

47.

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

Freeman, Robert

48.

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.

49.

A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

50.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo