Motivational Quotes

Character

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

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Best Quotes about Character

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

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Maritain, Jacques

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

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Shakespeare, William

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

Karr, Alphonse

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Freeman, Robert

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

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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.

Richter, Jean Paul

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Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

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

Hermann Hesse

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Bible

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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.

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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Macaulay, Thomas B.

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

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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You must regulate your life by the standards you admire when you are at your best.

Thomas, John M.

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

Proverb

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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

Aristotle

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While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize.

Mason, John L.

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Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.

Taylor, Bayard

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Marie Henri Beyle

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

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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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It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

Dyke, Henry Van

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Integrity has no need of rules.

Camus, Albert

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It is better for the development of character and contentment to do certain things badly for yourself than to have them done better for you by someone else.

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

Solon

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

Aquinas, St. Thomas

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

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The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Abbott, Lyman

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Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Churchill, Winston

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.

Richard Greenberg

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.

William Carleton

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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.