Motivational Quotes

Character

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

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Best Quotes about Character

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

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

Bisset, Jacqueline

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Baldwin, Faith

A rich man has no need of character.

Proverb, Hebrew

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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.

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

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.

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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Royal, Darrell

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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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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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

Guideposts

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As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Solon

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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.

Hume, David

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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

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

Hermann Hesse

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

Nathaniel Emmons

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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

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A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Buddha

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

Petrarch, Francesco

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

Confucius

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Before you advise anyone Be yourself! reassess his character.

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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Character is victory organized.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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

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

Seneca

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

Estrange, L.

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There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

Hay, Colin

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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

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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Oscar Levant

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

Brown, Les

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Freeman, Robert

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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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It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.

Jefferson, Thomas

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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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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Confucius

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

Proverb

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Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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