Character Quotes & Sayings

Quotes with keyword Character
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~ Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character. ~

Chinese Proverbs

~ A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. ~

Georg C. Lichtenberg

~ Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. ~

Kahlil Gibran

~ Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. ~

Albert Einstein

~ A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user ~

Theodore Roosevelt

~ Socialism means equality of income or nothing... under socialism you would not be allowed to be poor. You would be forcibly fed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you like it or not. If it were discovered that you had not character enough to be worth all this trouble, you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner; but whilst you were permitted to live you would have to live well ~

George Bernard Shaw

~ Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are hateful and petty. ~

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. ~

Dale E. Turner

~ When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction. ~

Mark Twain

~ France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character. ~

Napoleon

~ It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. ~

Aeschylus

~ Dreams are the touchstones of our characters. ~

Henry David Thoreau

~ No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, ifone has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. ~

William James 1842

~ Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize our age. ~

Albert Einstein

~ Moral courage and character go hand in hand .... a man of real character is consistently courageous, being imbued with a basic integrity and a firm sense of principle. ~

Martha Boaz

~ Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications. ~

Sir Richard Steele

~ ... the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: The growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy. ~

Alex Carey

~ Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. ~

Emile Durkheim

~ Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. ~

Samuel Johnson

~ Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath. ~

Solon

~ When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~

Japanese Proverb

~ When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~

Japanese Proverb

~ You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. ~

James A. Froude

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

Woodrow T. Wilson

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

Unknown

~ Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. ~

Frank Outlaw

~ It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post. ~

Cicero

~ No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence. ~

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

~ Character develops itself in the stream of life. ~

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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