Quotes about character

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

— Source Unknown

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

— Source Unknown

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

— Source Unknown

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.

— Source Unknown

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.

— Source Unknown

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

— Source Unknown

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

— Source Unknown

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

— Source Unknown

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

— Source Unknown

Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.

— Source Unknown

Character is a victory, not a gift.

— Source Unknown

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

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

— Voltaire

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

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Character is power.

— Booker T. Washington

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

— Booker T. Washington

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

— Walt Whitman

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

— Oscar Wilde

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.

— Woodrow T. Wilson

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

— Woodrow T. Wilson

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.

— John Wooden

The man that makes a character, makes foes.

— Edward Young

the highest qualities of character must be earned".

— Lyman Abbott

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

— P. B. Fitzwater

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

— Dejan Stojanovic

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

— Anuj Somany

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

— Anuj Somany

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

— Muhammad Tariq Majeed

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

Success is like a bewitching woman with no character and known for her infidelity. Anyone paying the right price for it can have in his life. But an excellence is unlike success and to crave for or attain it, the person has to have the right human values and high good character in his life.

— Anuj Somany

Character determines destiny.

— Mak Kazeronnie

The quality of the thought that a person has got inside and sought from outside is likely to decide the quality of the people that has been brought into his life.

— Anuj Somany

Success is a measure of performance whereas Trust is a measure of character & core-values. - VC (Venkateswarlu Cheemalakonda)

— Source Unknown