Quotes about character

"Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure."

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

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"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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"Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow and the force of it depends on the strength of the arm from which it was shot. Argument is like a bullet fired from a gun and has equal force even when issued from a child."

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"If you don't like your own character there may be a new one ready-made and waiting for you. The snake sheds its skin with impunity, relying on the same nature which you rely on."

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

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"The lord will not hold back the promises, even if the person who makes them is not worthy."

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

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

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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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"Character is a victory, not a gift."

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"They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence"

Virgil on character   

"The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it."

Voltaire on character
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"Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance."

Vonnegut Jr., Kurt on character
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"Character is power."

Washington, Booker T. on character   

"Character, not circumstances, makes the man."

Washington, Booker T. on character
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"Nothing endures but personal qualities."

Whitman, Walt on character   

"It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out."

Wilde, Oscar on character   

"If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig."

Wilson, Woodrow T. on character   

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

Wilson, Woodrow T. on character   

"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 on character
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"The man that makes a character, makes foes."

Young, Edward on character   

""the highest qualities of character must be earned"."

Abbott, Lyman on character
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""character is the sum and total of a person's choices"."

Fitzwater, P. B. on character   

"Either you will be you or you will not be at all. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on character   

"Never judge any person by his answers or questions but by his nature of character solely."

Anuj Somany on character   

""Never judge any person by his answers or questions but by his nature of character solely."~Anuj Somany "

Anuj Somany on character   

"To contribute means add a positive or take away own negative."

Majeed, Muhammad Tariq on character   

"“A man can define many things beautifully in his life, but his character is one beautiful thing that can define him instantly and completely.” "

Anuj Somany on character