Real Life Quotes: Character Quotes

Quotes About Character

A gem cannot be polished without friction; the child of God cannot be perfected without adversity, nor a man be polished in character without trial.
A man's character is like a fence. It cannot be strengthened by whitewash.
All masterpieces of painting contain both light and shadow. By them the artist highlights certain features of the subject, and they provide contrast and harmony to reveal beauty or character. A happy life is not one filled only with sunshine, but one that uses both light and shadow to produce beauty. Billy Graham (Unto the Hills)
As you do, so you become. Every action that you perform is recorded in you, the soul. These imprints ultimately mould your character and destiny. When you understand this principle, you will pay more attention to bringing your best to everything you do. unknown
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
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved. Helen Keller
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. James Michener
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get Caught. J.C. Watts
Character is property ... it is the noblest of possessions.
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. Phillips Brooks
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed. - Benjamin Disraeli
Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths. --EPICTETUS
Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. Alphonse Karr
Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. Albert Einstein
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. --RALPH WALDO EMERSON
No matter how bad people may seem, they possess at least one virtue. Be like the hummingbird and pick out the sweetness of everyone's character. unknown
Our character is but the stamp on our souls of the free choices of good and evil we have made through life. John Cunningham Geikie
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. --ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. --RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Raising kids with strong character requires doing less FOR them and teaching them to do more for themselves. Rick Warren
Reputation is character minus what you've been caught doing.
Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process. Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Bishop
The collapse of character begins with compromise.
The little troubles and worries of life may be as stumbling blocks in our way, or we may make them stepping-stones to a nobler character and to Heaven. Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things. Henry Ward Beecher
The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones. - Somerset Maugham
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish Writer
Time sets the stage; fate writes the script; but only We may choose our character. Liam Thomas Ryder
Trials, temptations, disappointments. All these are helps instead of hindrances, If one uses them rightly. They not Only test the fibre of a character, But strengthen it. Every conquered temptation Represents a new fund of moral Energy. Every trial endured and Weathered in the right spirit makes a soul Nobler and stronger than it was before. James Buckham
We tend to judge ourselves for our mistakes and the difficulties we have experienced, when it is the difficulties that build our Character. You are far stronger for what you have gone through. Alan Cohen
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. --THOMAS PAINE
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; When health is lost, something is lost; When character is lost, all is lost! German Proverb
When you build a house, every brick counts. When you build a character, every thought counts. You are what you think. Love, purity, peace, wisdom - the more you think of these qualities, the more you will become them. unknown
Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters. Margaret Halsey
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. James D. Miles
You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them. Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American Publisher
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. --AUDREY HEPBURN
Your character is the sum total of your habits. It's what you do habitually.
There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human, are created, strengthened and maintained. --WINSTON CHURCHILL
Watch your thoughts, for they will become actions. Watch your actions, for they'll become... habits. Watch your habits for they will forge your character. Watch your character, for it will make your destiny. --MARGARET THATCHER
Greatness is not intelligence. Greatness comes from character. And character isn’t formed out of smart people, it’s formed out of people who suffered. --JENSEN HUANG
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. --Aristotle
The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. --Heraclitus

Does Your Reputation Outweigh Your Character? | MWM

Character Over Reputation = Character is about who you really are—not who you show people you are. Character is who you are when no one is watching. Embrace the value of character over reputation. Image is too important in today’s culture. Character determines how you interact with people and what you are capable of accomplishing. The goal is for character to exceed your reputation. If you are bigger on the inside than on the outside, you will be a successful leader.

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Essential to your Leadership= If you are a leader or looking to follow someone who is, the core of your leadership should be character. Remember, be better on the inside than you are on the outside - start within your core. Although some have good character, it doesn't necessarily make you a great leader. Start within yourself, first!

When you think about the person you look up to or want to follow in life, important characteristics come to mind like honesty, trustworthy, courage, integrity and so much more. When we put our trust in someone and feel secure with them, it is likely because we respect their character. If you want to be a good leader, it is important to have good character. Anyone can acquire good characteristics, you just need to be determined to do so.

What’s on the inside is what ultimately shows up on the outside. Character not only makes you a good person, but it can also make-or-break a leader’s reputation. Not everyone with the right “inside stuff” will become a reputable leader. But every reputable leader has to first have upstanding character.

The 4 Dimensions of Character

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In this episode, we explore the four dimensions of character in leadership, the significance of being vulnerable and transparent in order to establish trust with team members, as well as the challenges of self-management and the need for leaders to prioritize effectively. You’ll learn the concept of teachability and the role it plays in demonstrating humility along with the value of courage in standing up for what is right and making tough decisions.

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Character

the particular combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different from others:

Politeness is traditionally part of the British character.

It would be very out of character (= not typical) of her to lie.

One of the joys of being a parent is watching the child's character develop.

The idea was to modernize various aspects of the house without changing its essential character.

It's not in his character to be (= he is not usually) jealous.