Character Quotes
Our character... is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.George Santayana, "The German Mind: A Philosophical Diagnosis".
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.Author Unknown
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.Martin Luther King, Jr.
We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character.Henry David Thoreau
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor to change the character of our thought.Lin Yutang
The character of a man is known from his conversations.Menande
Character builds slowly but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.Faith Baldwin
Commitment in the face of conflict produces character.Unknown
Working hard overcomes a who lot of other obstacles. You can have unbelievable intelligence, you can have connections, you can have opportunities fall out of the sky. But in the end, hard work is the true, enduring characteristic of successful people.Marsha Evans
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
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.Confucius
Character develops itself in the stream of life.Johann von Goethe
Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity.Arnold Toynbee
About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.Michael Caine, www. aint - It - Cool - News. com
Character is what God and the angels know of us; reputation is what men and women think of us.Horace Mann
It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity.Alexander Hamilton, Speech on 21 June 1788 urging ratification of the Constitution in New York.
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
You have all the characteristics of a popular politician a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.Aristophanes
Character is who you are when no one is looking.Allan Williams
There is no leveler like Christianity, but it levels by lifting all who receive it to the lofty table - Land of a true character and of undying hope both for this world and the next.Johathan Edwards
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.Cicero
If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, Here comes number seventy - One!Richard M. DeVos
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.Helen Kelle
Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.Elmer G. Letterman
Freedom and indedendence form my character.Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Founder of modern Turkey 24. 04. 1921
Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice, at least, that Americans ought to view with sympathy. For they appear to be the only people who share it with us. I mean our worship of the antique. I do not refer to beauty or even historical association. I refer to age, to a quantity of years.William Golding
Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.William Carleton
The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.Robert J. Shiller, Irrational Exuberance
Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.Philip Dormer Chesterfield
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
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
Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.Freeman John Dyson
Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.David Seabury
Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You can hire them by the year or by the hour. The only thing in the world not for sale is character.Antonin Scalia
Character is much easier kept than recovered.Thomas Paine
