Character Quotes and Sayings - Page 2
It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
- Elbert Hubbard
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
- John Wooden
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
- Phillips Brooks
Characterize people by their actions and you will never be fooled by their words.
Truthfulness is the main element of character.
- Brian Tracy
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
- Stendhal
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
- Elbert Hubbard
Character is a word that seems to define almost all human activity and then some
- Richard Reeves
The people whom he admires honestly and the products/pictures that he adores genuinely, together defines what character he is as a person and determines the human values he cherishes in his life.
Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.
- C.S. Lewis
Adversity doesn’t build your character. Adversity reveals your character.
A man’s reputation is what other people think of him; his character is what he really is.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
- John Wooden
Your beliefs don’t make you a better person, your behavior does.
You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one.
- Henry David Thoreau