Famous Quotes about Character (223 Quotations)

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Pity the man who has a character to support –it is worse than a large family — he is silent poor indeed.

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions.

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and the angels know of us.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of a man you are. It shows me what your ideal of manhood is, and what kind of a man you long to be.

Some people are born hammers, others anvils.

Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is… the highway to success.

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow and the force of it depends on the strength of the arm from which it was shot. Argument is like a bullet fired from a gun and has equal force even when issued from a child.

That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.

The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.