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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON CHARACTER 3
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!
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, American President (26th))
Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones.
Darrell Royal (1924-, American college football coach)
Praise is well; compliment is well. But affection: that is the last and most precious reward that any man can win, whether by character or achievement.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery (1900-1944, French aviator, writer)
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
Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.
George Santayana (1863-1952, American philosopher, poet)
It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860, German philosopher)
Calamity is virtue's opportunity.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
Anything that changes your values changes your behavior.
George Sheehan
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.
Sri Swami Sivananda (1887-1963, Indian physician, sage)
The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.
Roy L. Smith (American clergyman)
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892, British Baptist preacher)
If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.
Marie-Henri Beyle Stendhal
Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, until the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1895, Scottish essayist, poet, novelist)
A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life.
August J. Strindberg (1849-1912, Swedish dramatist, novelist, poet)
As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745, Anglo-Irish satirist)
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus (55-117, Roman historian)
Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus (55-117, Roman historian)
Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.
Bayard Taylor (1825-1878, American journalist, traveler, author)
Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.
Bayard Taylor (1825-1878, American journalist, traveler, author)
If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.
William M. Thackeray (1811-1863, Indian-born British novelist)
If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life.
Isiah Thomas (1961-, American basketball player, coach)
You must regulate your life by the standards you admire when you are at your best.
John M. Thomas
Pity the man who has a character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
We falsely attribute to men a determined character -- putting together all their yesterdays -- and averaging them -- we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is the silent poor indeed.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.
James Thurber (1894-1961, American humorist, illustrator)
Many men are like unto sausages: Whatever you stuff them with, that they will bear in them.
Alexi Konstantinovich Tolstoy
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)
To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
Anyone can be great with money. With money, greatness is not a talent but an obligation. The trick is to be great without money.
Author Unknown
Before you advise anyone "Be yourself!" reassess his character.
Author Unknown
Character development is the aim of education.
Author Unknown
Character is a victory, not a gift.
Author Unknown
Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.
Author Unknown
Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.
Author Unknown
Character is like the foundation of a house -- it is below the surface.
Author Unknown
Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.
Author Unknown
Clothes don't tell the character of the man, but they just as well talk for him as against him.
Author Unknown
How a man plays the game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
Author Unknown
How long will it take us to learn that there are only two things in life that really count -- one is character and the other is human sympathy.
Author Unknown
If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.
Author Unknown
If we have need of a strong will in order to do good, it is still more necessary for us in order not to do evil.
Author Unknown
If you don't like your own character there may be a new one ready-made and waiting for you. The snake sheds its skin with impunity, relying on the same nature which you rely on.
Author Unknown
Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.
Author Unknown
It is better for the development of character and contentment to do certain things badly for yourself than to have them done better for you by someone else.
Author Unknown
Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure.
Author Unknown
One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.
Author Unknown
Some people are born hammers, others anvils.
Author Unknown
Success can never be measured by bank balances. Money measures only prosperity. Success is a matter of character.
Author Unknown
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.
Author Unknown
The higher character a person supports the more they should regard their smallest actions.
Author Unknown
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.
Abigail Van Buren (1918-, American advice columnist, "Dear Abby")
It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
The lord will not hold back the promises, even if the person who makes them is not worthy.
Author Unknown
The test of any man's character is how he takes praise.
Author Unknown
When God measures man, He puts the tape around his heart -- not his head.
Author Unknown
You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character."
Author Unknown
Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.
Paul Valery (1871-1945, French poet, essayist)
They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence
Virgil (c. 70 - 19 BC, Roman poet)
The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778, French historian, writer)
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-, American novelist)
It's important that people know what you stand for. It's equally important that they know what you won't stand for.
Mary H. Waldrip
Character is power.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915, American black leader and educator)
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915, American black leader and educator)
A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.
Carolyn Wells (1870-1942, American author)
Nothing endures but personal qualities.
Walt Whitman (1819-1892, American poet)
As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
Woodrow T. Wilson (1856-1924, American President (28th))
If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.
Woodrow T. Wilson (1856-1924, American President (28th))
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
John Wooden (1910-, American basketball coach)
The man that makes a character, makes foes.
Edward Young (1683-1765, British poet, dramatist)
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