Character Quotes
May your character not be a writing upon the sand, but an inscription upon the rock!
Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.
Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.
Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.
Strength of character is certainly needed to face life in the world and to stand by right principles, especially in the age in which we live.
I am no longer going to become a fictional character to please people. That's too much work.
In my opinion, character is the most important determinant of a person's success, achievement and ability to handle adversity.
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character.
If someone hurt you, abandoned you, betrayed you..it says nothing about your meaningfulness but everything about their character.
My clothes have a story. They have an identity. They have a character and a purpose. That's why they become classics. Because they keep on telling a story. They are still telling it.
Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate-look to his character.
Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.
Boxing is a contest of character and ingenuity. The boxer with more will, determination, desire, and intelligence is always the one who comes out the victor.
Strength of character and inner fortitude, however, are decisive factors. The confidence of the man in the ranks rests upon a man's strength of character.
It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life.
There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's character.
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.
The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over another.
Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.
Solitude makes us tougher towards ourselves and tenderer towards others. In both ways it improves our character.
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
The best way to show that a stick is crooked is not to argue about it or to spend time denouncing it, but to lay a straight stick alongside it
No character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false.
It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
Show respect to people who don't deserve it. Not as a reflection of their character, but of yours.
I look for the day...when the only criterion of excellence or position shall be the ability and character of the individual; and this time will come.
Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something they are not just talking.
If I'm a character, it's a biographical movie. My character is as close to me as possible. As close to being myself as possible. So my character, J. Cole, is very close to Jermaine Cole.
