Quotes about character

"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 on character
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"When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."

Confucius on character
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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. on character
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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. on character
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"Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses."

Crisp, Quentin on character   

"No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character in a child."

Cushman, Charlotte Saunders on character   

"Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed."

Disraeli, Benjamin on character
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"There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice."

Disraeli, Benjamin on character   

"You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do."

Douglas, Norman on character
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"Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles."

Drummond, Henry on character   

"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 on character
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"For character too is a process and an unfolding... among our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little too self confident and disdainful; whose distinguished mind is a little spotted with commonness; who is a little pinched here and protuberant there with native prejudices; or whose better energies are liable to lapse down the wrong channel under the influence of transient solicitations?"

Eliot, George on character   

"No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on character
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"Judge of your natural character by what you do in dreams."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on character   

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on character   

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on character
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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 on character   

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on character
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"Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on character   

"Do what you know and perception is converted into character."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on character
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"A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on character   

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

Estrange, L. on character   

"Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold."

Euripides on character   

"Character is the sum and total of a person's choices."

Fitzwater, P. B. on character
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"I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be."

Forster, Edward M. on character   

"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 on character
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"The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands."

Frank, Anne on character
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"Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man."

Frankfurter, Felix on character   

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

Freeman, Robert on character
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"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."

Froude, James A. on character
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"Human improvement is from within outward."

Froude, James A. on character
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"Deep down, I'm pretty superficial."

Gardner, Ava on character   

"Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own."

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

Gill, Vince on character   

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on character   

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on character
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"Character develops itself in the stream of life."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on character   

"The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on character   

"Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on character   

"Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on character