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Character Quotes



"Altogether he was one in whom no man would have seen anything to admire, and in whom no woman would have seen anything to dislike."


"In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity."


"Courage, self-reliance and decisiveness are the main traits that define a man."


"If you think, you are important, you are not."



"There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage."



"A Man's management of his own purse speaks volumes about character."


"Have you ever known a person who was highly intelligent, yet their lack of character destroyed your impression of them? Even though they may have been accomplished, articulate, and knowledgeable, their words became impotent and irrelevant."


"Personal discipline is a most powerful character quality and one worthy of dedicating your life to nurturing."


"In order to be authentic, you have to make decisions based on what you want, rather than how it will be perceived."


"It is the apathetic person that sees the cause while the charitable person sees the need."


"When people undermine your values, they've strong reasons. For example, they mistaken your passion for excellence as perfectionism..."



"It is virtues that make a man not prosperity."


"Words let you know what is in someone's mind, deeds let you know what is in someone's heart, and character lets you know what is in someone's soul."


"If you want to discover the true character of a person, you have only to observe what they are passionate about."


"We must be courageous yet humble and do what is right not what will make you popular,"


"It is better to be gentle than rude."


"An evil person will have evil friends. A righteous person will have righteous friends. The company you keep is hidden treasure or masked demise."



"He knew what retributions your devils are liable to bring for the way you treat your wife and women or behave while your father is on his deathbed, what you ought to think of your pleasure, of acting like a cockroach; he had the intelligence for the comparison. He had the intelligence to be sublime. But sublimity can't exist only as a special gift of the few, due to an accident of origin, like being born an albino. If it were, what interest would we have in it?"


"Cowardice is when you hide away from your real self, and wear another self in pretense. Be yourself; that is bravery. If yourself is not better for you to be, change yourself and live in that changed self!"


"I am not superior than anybody, don't say i am, else i won't defend you when you get caught."


"Your name still rings a bell when you say something good, not by causing catastrophe in a bid to sound more interesting."


"She grew more and more vexed with his dignified behavior. By a cruel irony, she was drawing out what was best in his disposition."


"I've never been bothered with my conduct. I've only been bothered by people that don't get it correct when they gossip about me."


"He was too perfect, despite being one of the most imperfect people I knew."


"Through change and challenge, if our personal foundations are built with quality virtues of character and integrity, we are more resilient, healthy, and ultimately more impressive."


"Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character."



"God desires to teach us how to submit to others and how to take the second place."


"If you want to be an honorable man, then be what you pretend to be."


"Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more compassionate than others, fairer than others!"



"Fruits of the spirit in the man attract others to him."


"Be as humble as Moses, as patient as Job, and as virtuous as Daniel."


"Such an impolite person. He is honest with everyone."


"Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had."


"Even the richest of brands are robbed by poor character."


"Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will make the best of the physique it is given."


"Your behavior is the sum total of your action and reaction to issues and people around you."


"Humility is a quality for which I have only a limited admiration. In many phases of life it is a great mistake and degenerates into defensiveness and hypocrisy."


"Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!"
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