Character Quotes

1. The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. – Confucius

2. If someone says something unkind to me, I must live so that no one will believe it. - Unknown

3. Self-respect is the corner of all virtue. - John Herschel

4. If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people. – Oriental Proverb

5. Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

6. Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good. - Ann Landers

7. Rest satisfied with doing well and leave others to talk of you as they please. – Pythagoras

8. The final forming of a person’s character lies in his own hands. - Anne Frank

9. The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. - Blaise Pascal

10. Character is a victory, not a gift. - Ivor Griffith

11. What ev’r thou art, act well thy part. - Scottish Proverb

12. Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. - Phillips Brooks

13. People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. - Eleanor Roosevelt

14. I know now that circumstances do not make me what I am, but they do reveal who I have chosen to be. - Wayne Dyer

15. Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. - Dale Carnegie

16. Character is the foundation upon which we must build to win respect. Just as no worthy building can be erected on a weak foundation, so no lasting reputation worthy of respect can be built on a weak character. - R.C. Samsel

17. The caliber of a person is shown not in how well he prepares for everything to go right, but in how he stands up and moves on after everything has gone wrong. - Unknown

18. Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process. - Phillips Brooks

19. I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character! - Teddy Roosevelt

20. Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller

21. The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. - T.B. Macaulay

22. The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character. - Isabelle Eberhardt

23. It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. - Albert Einstein

24. You meet people who bring out the best in you and people who bring out the worst in you. Both kinds show you what you are capable of. - Unknown

25. What is the true test of character, unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and reaction of daily life. - Goethe

26. How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. - Coco Chanel

27. What you are will show in what you do. - Thomas A. Edison

28. The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, know loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life...that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. - Elizabeth Kobler Ross

29. Our character is revealed by how we treat people who cannot help us or hurt us. - Michael Josephson

30. A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis. - Ralph W. Sockman