Best Character Quotes

• Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Character, Literature, World

  "Torquato Tasso". Play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Act 1, Scene 2, 66, 1790.

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• You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

  James Anthony Froude

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  James Anthony Froude (1849). “The nemesis of faith”, p.4

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• Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Attitude, Character

  Albert Einstein's speech made in honor of Thomas Mann, when Mann was given the Einstein Prize given by the Jewish Forum (January 1939), as quoted in Abraham Pais "Einstein Lived Here" (p. 214), 1994.

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• Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Education, Character, School

  Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.124, Univ of California Press

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• The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Life, Friendship, Family

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• Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Motivation, Character

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• 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

  Inspiring, Character, Breathtaking

  William Ellery Channing (1835). “The works of Wm. Ellery Channing ...”, p.285

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• To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Inspirational, Time, Character

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• 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 Baruch

  Character, Technology, Thinking

  Bernard Mannes Baruch (1970). “Baruch: My own story”

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• Our character is basically a composite of our habits.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspiration, Character, Patterns

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.51, Mango Media Inc.

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Determination, Smart

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• Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Inspirational, Character, Known

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.224

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• A good character is the best tombstone.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Kindness, Tombstone, Character

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 44), 1895.

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• Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Respect

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• Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Character, Patterns

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.51, Mango Media Inc.

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• Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Time, Attitude, Character

  Elbert Hubbard (2005). “Loyalty in Business: One and Twenty Other Good Things”, p.25, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Humor, Character

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• Character develops itself in the stream of life.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Character, Streams

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• No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Change, Character, Angel

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1454, Delphi Classics

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• Television is what we're all very attracted to because that's where the best writing and the best characters are.

  Ioan Gruffudd

  Writing, Character, Television

  Source: collider.com

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• The best characters to play are the ones who have deep internal conflict.

  George Blagden

  Character, Play, Conflict

  "Comic-Con: George Blagden and Gustaf Skarsgard Talk VIKINGS, Favorite Moments from Season 1, and Tease Season 2". Interview with Connie Allen, collider.com. July 21, 2013.

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• I think that the best characters are the ones who both manage to be attractive and repulsive at the same time.

  Nicolas Cage

  Character, Thinking, Attractive

  "Nicolas Cage Gets Deadly in Bangkok Dangerous". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. September 3, 2008.

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• I find that a lot of my best character stuff and ideas come unwittingly from novels. In scripts, it's a lot about the outward signs of whatever's happening - you have the end result. Whereas in a novel you get a buildup of the whys and wherefores, and you're let into the backstory.

  Alison Pill

  Character, Ideas, Stuff

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. February 1, 2013.

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• Holden Caulfield is the best character in literature, period.

  Josh Hutcherson

  Character, Literature, Holden

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• My job as an actor is to serve the script. If I'm looking at it as to see what the best character is, then it's not really looking at the big picture.

  Frank Grillo

  Jobs, Character, Actors

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