Character Quotes
To be a book - Collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.Robertson Davies, "The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks".
Certainly it is a world of scarcity. But the scarcity is not confined to iron ore and available land. The most constricting scarcities are those of character and personality.William R Allen
Through his mastery of storytelling techniques, he has managed to separate his character, in the public mind, from his actions as president. ... He has, in short, mesmerized us with that steady gaze.Jean Nathan Mille
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.D. L. Moody
Thoughts lead on to purposes purposes go forth in action actions form habits habits decide character and character fixes our destiny.Tryon Edwards
Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity.Arnold Toynbee
Character is what God and the angels know of us; reputation is what men and women think of us.Horace Mann
Poverty is the schoolmaster of character.Antiphanes
The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.Douglas Adams, "Mostly Harmless".
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.H. Jackson Browne, P. S. I Love You
Character is what you are in the dark.American Prove
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".
If every age has its own characteristic doctrine, there are a thousand signs which point to Fascism as the characteristic doctrine of our time.Benito Mussolini, The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism, 1935
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
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.Norman Douglas
Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, is essential to any depth of meditation or of character and solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur, is the cradle of thought and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but which society could ill do without.John Stuart Mill
Movements born in hatred very quickly take on the characteristics of the thing they oppose.J. S. Habgood
The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.Henry David Thoreau
What made the deepest impression upon you? inquired a friend one day of Lincoln, when you stood in the presence of the Falls of Niagara, the greatest of natural wonders? - - - - The thing that stuck me most forcibly when I saw the Falls, Lincoln responded with the characteristic deliberation, was where in the world did all that water come from?Author Unknown
I was going to sue for defamation of character, but then I realised I have no character.Charles Barkley, "they said it" in Sports Illustrated
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
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.Phillips Brooks
The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Character develops itself in the stream of life.Johann von Goethe
If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished. Proposal to reform welfare programs.Richard Milhous Nixon
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.Elmer G. Letterman
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.Japanese Prove
The discipline of desire is the background of character.John Locke
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.I Ching
