Quotes about character

"The highest qualities of character must be earned."

Abbott, Lyman on character
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"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered."

Aeschylus on character
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"Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it."

Akhenaton on character   

"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 on character   

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

Angelou, Maya on character
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"Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion."

Aquinas, St. Thomas on character
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"Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids."

Aristotle on character
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"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them."

Aristotle on character
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"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 on character   

"The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any."

Astaire, Fred on character
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"If you don't run your own life, somebody else will."

Atkinson, John on character
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"When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness."

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus on character   

"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 on character   

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

Baldwin, Faith on character
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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. on character   

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

Bible on character
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"Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades."

Bisset, Jacqueline on character
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"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. on character
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"Character is victory organized."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on character   

"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. on character   

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell on character   

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

Brown, Les on character
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"It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not."

Bruyere, Jean De La on character   

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

Buddha on character
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"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. on character
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"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 on character
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"Integrity has no need of rules."

Camus, Albert on character
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"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 on character
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"Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested."

Chambers, Oswald on character   

"Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do."

Channing, William Ellery on character
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"Be your character what it will, it will be known; and nobody will take it upon your word."

Chesterfield, Lord on character   

"Character must be kept bright as well as clean."

Chesterfield, Lord on character   

"You must look into people, as well as at them."

Chesterfield, Lord on character
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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 on character
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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. on character   

"Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character."

Clay, Henry on character   

"Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have."

Collins, Marva on character
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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 on character
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