[ character Quotes ]
165 Quotations
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
[ Character ]
Aeschylus
25 votes
Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.
[ Character ]
Aristotle
23 votes
The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
[ Progress ]
Gaston Bachelard
20 votes
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
[ Character ]
Faith Baldwin
19 votes
Character is more important than intelligence for success.
[ Success ]
Gilberte Beaux
22 votes
The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.
[ Christians and Christianity ]
Henry Ward Beecher
26 votes
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.
[ Writers and Writing ]
Arnold Bennett
20 votes
Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.
[ Character ]
Jacqueline Bisset
23 votes
Character is victory organized.
[ Character ]
Napoleon Bonaparte
15 votes
All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
[ Character ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
22 votes
Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.
[ Biography ]
Fawn M. Brodie
20 votes
It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
[ Action ]
Jean De La Bruyere
17 votes
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
[ Human Nature ]
Warren Buffett
21 votes
Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.
[ Power ]
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
20 votes
Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
[ Character ]
Oswald Chambers
21 votes
Be your character what it will, it will be known; and nobody will take it upon your word.
[ Character ]
Lord Chesterfield
23 votes
Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.
[ Laughter ]
Lord Chesterfield
20 votes
Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.
[ Shame ]
Marcus T. Cicero
18 votes
The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.
[ Age and Aging ]
Marcus T. Cicero
8 votes
Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.
[ Character ]
Marva Collins
20 votes
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
[ Character ]
Confucius
15 votes
The 1990s customer expects service to be characterized by fast and efficient computer-based systems.
[ Customers ]
Steve Cuthbert
18 votes
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
[ Character ]
Benjamin Disraeli
17 votes
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.
[ Character ]
Benjamin Disraeli
17 votes
Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there.
[ Change ]
Elizabeth C. Dunn
16 votes
I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.
[ Trouble ]
Stefan Edberg
13 votes
High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.
[ AIDS ]
Tryon Edwards
16 votes
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
[ Confusion ]
Albert Einstein
15 votes
Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem -- in my opinion -- to characterize our age.
[ Age and Aging ]
Albert Einstein
18 votes
A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune.
[ Self-love ]
Ralph Waldo Emerson
17 votes
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
[ Character ]
Ralph Waldo Emerson
16 votes
Do what you know and perception is converted into character.
[ Character ]
Ralph Waldo Emerson
20 votes
Judge of your natural character by what you do in dreams.
[ Character ]
Ralph Waldo Emerson
18 votes
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
[ Fortune ]
Ralph Waldo Emerson
17 votes
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of