Character Quotes
Character builds slowly but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.Faith Baldwin
It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate - To surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.Thomas Jefferson
The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.Isabelle Eberhardt
You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.Aristophanes, Knights, 424 B. C.
To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics
Talents are best nurtured in solitude; but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.Johan Wolfgang von Goethe
A rich man has no need of character.Hebrew Prove
Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.Aristotle
It is the highest form of self - Respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.Dr. Dale E. Turne
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.Albert Einstein
Character is power.Booker T. Washington
In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.Francis Thompson
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.Confucius
A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only he himself can damage that. His reputations what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity.John Ballantine Gough
In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character the multitude pass us by like a distant army.Jean Paul Friedrich Richte
The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character, and the greater it grows, the more is the mischief. Talent is mistaken for genius, a dogma or system for truth, ambition for greatest, ingenuity for poetry, sensuality for art.Ralph Waldo Emerson
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor to change the character of our thought.Lin Yutang
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.James A. Froude
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.John Wooden
Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.Gary Zukav, "The Dancing Wu Li Masters".
Education has for its object the formation of character.Herbert Spence
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.Paxton Hood
What makes a good follower The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness to tell the truth. In a world of growing complexity leaders are increasingly dependent on their subordinates for good information, whether the leaders want to hear it or not. Followers who tell the truth and leaders who listen to it are an unbeatable combination.Warren Bennis
Character is what God and the angels know of us; reputation is what men and women think of us.Horace Mann
Sow and act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap destiny.Frances E. Willard
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.Phillips Brooks
There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness, and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.Johann Kaspar Lavate
Common - Sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the idiosyncrasies of individual character and the opinion of the newspapers.W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
It seems to me that perfection of means and confusion of goals seems to characterize our age.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.Orison Swett Marden
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.Ralph Waldo Emerson
In dreams we see ourselves naked and acting our real characters, even more clearly than we see others awake.Henry David Thoreau
Pride sullies the noblest character.Claudianus
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward.Henry Ford
A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization.Ayn Rand, The Romantic Manifesto p. 74 (pb 93)
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.D. L. Moody
