Character Quotes

"I do not see how a man without good faith can get on."

Confucius

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

"Trust those in whom love, wisdom, clear judgement and freedom from greed are found."

Thiruvalluvar

"Integrity has no need of rules."

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

J. K. Rowling

"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."

"Truth, purity, and unselfishness – wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof."

"Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle."

G. K. Chesterton

"The best revenge is not to be like your enemy."

"In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter."

"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth."

Leo Tolstoy

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."

"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury."

"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one."

"When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."

Confucius

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened."

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."

Jane Austen

"Each person must live their life as a model for others."

"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

"Labor nourishes noble minds."

Seneca

"Generosity without effort fails, like a sword in the hand of a coward."

Thiruvalluvar

"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls."

Aesop

"Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend."

"Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people."

Samuel Johnson

"Ingratitude is always a form of weakness. I have never known a man of real ability to be ungrateful."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe