Character Quotes
Character is what God and the angels know of us; reputation is what men and women think of us.Horace Mann
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.Ralph Waldo Emerson
In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character the multitude pass us by like a distant army.Jean Paul Friedrich Richte
We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character.Henry David Thoreau
When writing a novel a writer should create living people people not characters. A character is a caricature.Ernest Hemingway
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
It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.Henry David Thoreau
Character is the foundation stone upon which one 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
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.Kahlil Gibran
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
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.Euripides
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.Albert Einstein
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
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
Talents are best nurtured in solitude character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.Johann von Goethe
If every age has its own characteristic doctrine, there are a thousand signs which point to Fascism as the characteristic doctrine of our time.Benito Mussolini, The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism, 1935
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
Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those who despair to rise in distinction by their virtues, are happy if others can be depressed to a level of themselves.Benjamin Franklin
A person without character is just as body without soul.Ranjan
What made the deepest impression upon you? inquired a friend one day of Lincoln, when you stood in the presence of the Falls of Niagara, the greatest of natural wonders? - - - - The thing that stuck me most forcibly when I saw the Falls, Lincoln responded with the characteristic deliberation, was where in the world did all that water come from?Author Unknown
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.Plutarch
Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.Johann von Goethe
Talents are best nurtured in solitude; but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.Johan Wolfgang von Goethe
In dreams we see ourselves naked and acting our real characters, even more clearly than we see others awake.Henry David Thoreau
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.Japanese Prove
Knowledge is essential to conquest only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment.Anne Besant
The discipline of desire is the background of character.John Locke
A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization.Ayn Rand, The Romantic Manifesto p. 74 (pb 93)
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.Theodore Roosevelt
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dreams are the touchstones of our character.Henry David Thoreau
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.Confucius
Sow an act... reap a habit Sow a habit... reap a character Sow a character... reap a destiny.George Dana Boardman
Character is what can do without success.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.Anon.
It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate - To surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.Thomas Jefferson
