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(1007 votes) When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

Confucius
BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher

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(1002 votes) To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things

Confucius
BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher

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(955 votes) We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Abraham Lincoln
1809-1865, Sixteenth President of the USA

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(954 votes) If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how -- the very best I can. And I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

Abraham Lincoln
1809-1865, Sixteenth President of the USA

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(936 votes) Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Aristotle
BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher

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(902 votes) I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Martin Luther King Jr.
1929-1968, American Black Leader, Nobel Prize Winner, 1964

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(872 votes) Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

Aristotle
BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher

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(848 votes) Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Winston Churchill
1874-1965, British Statesman, Prime Minister

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(761 votes) The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(742 votes) It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(729 votes) Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(719 votes) The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Anne Frank
1929-1945, German Jewish Refugee, Diarist

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(716 votes) Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(665 votes) It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(638 votes) Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

Akhenaton
BC -~1375, Egyptian King, Monotheist

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(615 votes) Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

St. Thomas Aquinas
1225-1274, Italian Scholastic Philosopher and Theologian

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(612 votes) When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Decimus Magnus Ausonius
310-10395, Latin Poet, Man of Letters

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(609 votes) It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

Aeschylus
BC 525-456, Greek Dramatist

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(602 votes) My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.

Earl of Arran

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(597 votes) The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Maya Angelou
1928-, African-American poet, Writer, Performer

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(594 votes) You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.

Norman Douglas
1868-1952, British Author

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(593 votes) 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.

Thomas Carlyle
1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher, Author

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(585 votes) If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.

John Atkinson

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(583 votes) The highest qualities of character… must be earned.

Lyman Abbott
1835-1922, American Congregational Clergyman and Editor

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(571 votes) Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

William Ellery Channing
1780-1842, American Unitarian Minister, Author

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(564 votes) If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.

Chinese Proverb
Sayings of Chinese Origin

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(564 votes) Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

George Santayana
1863-1952, American Philosopher, Poet

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(559 votes) Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Ava Gardner
1922-1990, American Actress

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

Buddha
568-488 BC, Founder of Buddhism

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(549 votes) The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

Fred Astaire
1899-1987, American Dancer, Singer, Actor

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(539 votes) Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

Orison Swett Marden
1850-1924, American Author, Founder of Success Magazine

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(537 votes) In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1819-1892, American Poet

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(529 votes) A rich man has no need of character.

Hebrew Proverb
Sayings of Hebrew Origin

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(512 votes) Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Publius Cornelius Tacitus
55-117 AD, Roman Historian

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(511 votes) Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Alphonse Karr

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(499 votes) Character is what you are in the dark.

Dwight L. Moody
1837-1899, American Evangelist

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(488 votes) It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Stephen R. Covey
American Speaker, Trainer, Author of ''The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People''

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(485 votes) I have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''.

William James
1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author

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(483 votes) It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

William James
1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author

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(479 votes) If anyone tells you someone has changed their character; don't believe it.

Mohammed
c.570-c.632, Meccan Spiritual Leader

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

Vince Gill
American Country Singer

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(476 votes) During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.

Bernard M. Baruch
1870-1965, American Financier

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(476 votes) Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

Oswald Chambers
1874-1917 Scottish Preacher, Author

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

Stephen R. Covey
American Speaker, Trainer, Author of ''The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People''

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(475 votes) What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?

Henry James
1843-1916, American Author

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(468 votes) There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

William M. Bulger
1934-, American Educator, Senator

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(467 votes) While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

James Thurber
1894-1961, American Humorist, Illustrator

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(464 votes) 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.

Leon Trotsky
1879-1940, Russian Revolutionary

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(463 votes) Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Jean Paul Richter
1763-1825, German Novelist

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(420 votes) Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.

George D. Boardman

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