Motivational Quotes

Character

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

- Washington, Booker T.

Best Quotes about Character

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Hall, Manly

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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

Proverb, Chinese

Character is simply habit long continued.

Plutarch

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

Hay, Colin

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

Guideposts

Clothes don't tell the character of the man, but they just as well talk for him as against him.

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

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Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Limbaugh, Rush

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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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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.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Petrarch, Francesco

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

James A. Froude

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Horace

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

Marie Leneru

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Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

Cicero

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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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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

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

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The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua

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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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A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus

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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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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

Lebowitz, Fran

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Michener, James A.

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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

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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.

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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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You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. But you can not buy enthusiasm... you can not buy loyalty. You can not buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these.

Francis, Clarence

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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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The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence.

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon

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Character development is the aim of education.

O'Shea

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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.

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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.

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Character is a victory, not a gift.

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It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

James, William

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Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.

Elihu Burritt

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

Hermann Hesse

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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how -- the very best I can. And I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

Lincoln, Abraham

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

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Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.

Thoreau, Henry David

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He that has light within his own clear breast may sit in the center, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts benighted walks under the mid-day sun;

Milton, John

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

Freeman, Robert

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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