Building Character Quotes - Page 2

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

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Humor, Character

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• Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Integrity, Character, Men

  Elbert Hubbard (1902). “Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings”

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• Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Character, Angel

  "Why there's no such thing as a gifted child" by Wendy Berliner, www.theguardian.com. July 25, 2017.

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• Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

  Bruce Lee

  Wisdom, Respect, Knowledge

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.46, Tuttle Publishing

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• People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Positive, Attitude, I Hate You

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• The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.

  William Ralph Inge

  Inspirational, Children, Character

  William Ralph Inge (1932). “More Lay Thoughts of a Dean”

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• Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

  Jacqueline Bisset

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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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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• Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

  Dale Carnegie

  Gratitude, Character, Self

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.21, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• 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.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Character, Responsibility

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Feb 02, 2016

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• You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Loyalty, Respect, Honesty

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• Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Character

  Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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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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• 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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  People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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• Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.

  John C. Maxwell

  Character, Talent, Outstanding

  John C. Maxwell (2001). “Developing the Leader Within You Workbook”, p.219, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Education, Teacher, Teaching

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

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  Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

  Sam Ewing

  Motivational, Success, Attitude

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• 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.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Love, Inspirational, Kindness

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1868). “John Ploughman's Talk; or, plain advice for plain people”, p.162

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• People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Being Strong, Character, People

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• Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

  Heywood Broun

  Inspirational, Sports, Baseball

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Being Strong, Stay Strong, Fall

  Leon Trotsky, George Breitman, George Saunders (1977). “Portraits, political & personal”

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  I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dream, Kings, Children

  Speech at Civil Rights March,Washington, D.C., 28 Aug. 1963

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