True Character Quotes

• Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Inspirational, Character, Knowledge And Power

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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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  Your true character Is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do 'Nothing' for you

  Mother Teresa

  Character, Treats, Can Do

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• Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Love, Family, Happiness

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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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• The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character.

  Anne Frank

  Character, Swings, Way

  "The Diary of a Young Girl". Book by Anne Frank, 1952.

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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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• A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Inspirational, Character, Men

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• Adversity defines true character.

  Ray Lewis

  Character, Adversity

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Determination, Smart

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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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• 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 true character of ministry is a servants heart.

  Harold J. Warner

  Heart, Character, Ministry

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• True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

  E. O. Wilson

  Character, Atheism, Arise

  E. O. Wilson (2014). “Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge”, p.365, Vintage

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• What a person says and does in ordinary moments when when no one is looking reveals more about true character than grand actions taken while in the spotlight. Our true character is revealed by normal, consistent, everyday attitudes and behavior, not by self-conscious words or deeds or rare acts of moral courage.

  Michael Josephson

  Attitude, Taken, Character

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• The true measure of a man is how he behaves when death is close.

  Alma Katsu

  Men, Helping Others, Personal Qualities

  Alma Katsu (2011). “The Taker: Book One of the Taker Trilogy”, p.246, Simon and Schuster

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• We all have defining moments. It is in these moments that we find our true characters. We become heroes or cowards; truth tellers or liars; we go forward or we go backward.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Liars, Hero, Character

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  The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

  Samuel Johnson

  Inspirational, Success, Respect

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• You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.

  Paul McCartney

  Character, Animal, Men

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• To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Character, Golf, Men

  P. G. Wodehouse (2011). “The Clicking of Cuthbert”, p.130, The Floating Press

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• people don't change, they just have momentary steps outside of their true character

  Chad Kultgen

  Character, People, Steps

  Chad Kultgen (2009). “The Lie: A Novel”, Harper Perennial

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• True character is revealedby the way people react to the bigger challenges in life.

  Alyson Noel

  Character, People, Challenges

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• No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

  Seneca the Younger

  Character, Long, Lapses

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• The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

  Nelson Mandela

  Children, Character, Society

  Twitter post from Sep 18, 2016

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• True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

  Corliss Lamont

  Character, Self, Acting

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