Character Quotes
131 quotations about Character
The highest qualities of character must be earned.
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.
When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]
Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.
Character is victory organized.
All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.
Integrity has no need of rules.
Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
Be your character what it will, it will be known; and nobody will take it upon your word.
Character must be kept bright as well as clean.
You must look into people, as well as at them.
Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
Authors on Character
Lyman Abbott
Aeschylus
African Proverb
Henri Frederic Amiel
St. Thomas Aquinas
Aristotle
Fred Astaire
John Atkinson
Decimus Magnus Ausonius
Faith Baldwin
Bible
Jacqueline Bisset
Napoleon Bonaparte
Christian Nevell Bovee
Les Brown
Albert Camus
Oswald Chambers
Lord Chesterfield
Chinese Proverb
Marva Collins