125 quotes
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.”
— Martha Graham
“Character is destiny.”
— Heraclitus
“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
— Confucius
“The fortunate man is he who is born with a fair nature, is well nurtured, and has suffered all that he could suffer.”
— Solon
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts”
“Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.”
— Unknown
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
— Will Durant
“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.”
“The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day.”
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man character, give him power.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Any fool can criticize complain and condemn and most fools do but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving”
— Dale Carnegie
“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.”
— George Sand
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
— Thomas Jefferson
“In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”
— Aristotle
“Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.”
— Book of Proverbs
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls and the most massive characters are seared with scars but illuminated by faith”
— Khalil Gibran
“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”
“Strong minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events weak minds discuss people”
— Socrates
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
— Kahlil Gibran
“Govern thy life and thy thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other.”
— Thomas Fuller
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
“The just man is not the product of a day, but of a long brooding and a painful birth.”
— Frederick Douglass
“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.”
— Aesop
“Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.”
— Plato
“Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.”
— Henry David Thoreau
“The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.”
— Yajnavalkya
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
“Real integrity is doing the right thing knowing that nobody is going to know whether you did it or not.”
— Oprah Winfrey
“The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.”
“If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.”
“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”
— Henri Frederic Amiel
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened.”
— Helen Keller
“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
— James Allen
“Dreams are the touchstones of our character.”
“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”
— Seneca
“Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit, and you reap a character. Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.”
— Charles Reade
“It is what we make out of what we have not what we are given that separates one person from another”
— Nelson Mandela
“It is difficulties that show what men are.”
— Epictetus
“The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.”
— Julius Charles Hare
“Calamity is the test of integrity.”
— Samuel Richardson
“The grateful person, being still the most severe exacter of himself, not only confesses but proclaims his debts.”
“Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
“Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.”
— James Russell Lowell
“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”
— George Washington
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.”
— Cicero
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls the most massive characters are seared with scars”
“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”
— Samuel Johnson
“The measure of a man is what he does with power”
“The ecological crisis is a crisis of character not a crisis of resources.”
— Arne Naess
“Difficulties are things that show a person what they are”
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
“To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.”
“Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.”
“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
“The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.”
— Plutarch
“There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.”
— Joseph Addison
“The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.”
“Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.”
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have”
— Vince Lombardi
“A talent is formed in stillness a character in the world stream of life”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Whatever you are be a good one”
“Try not to become a person of success but rather try to become a person of value”
— Albert Einstein
“To conquer oneself is the first and noblest of all victories.”
“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”
“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.”
— Audrey Hepburn
“Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out and strike it merely to show that you have one.”
— Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”
“If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.”
“The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”
— Thomas Babington Macaulay
“No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.”
— William Penn
“Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation.”
“Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health but in men on a well-formed character”
— Democritus
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.”
— Virgil
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
— Jane Austen
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”
“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
— Niccolò Machiavelli
“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
“That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness, these are the real heroisms.”
— Swami Vivekananda
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”
“A mans character is his fate and family shapes that character.”
“The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.”
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”
“He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.”
— Philip Massinger
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”
“He who is passionate and hasty is generally honest. It is your cool, dissembling hypocrite of whom you should beware.”
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
“When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”
“Character is much easier kept than recovered.”
— Thomas Paine
“One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works.”
— Meister Eckhart
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
“The wretched have no compassion; they can do good only from strong principles of duty.”
“Nothing is more simple than greatness indeed to be simple is to be great”
“Do not be deceived; character is fate.”
“That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love, are the true measure of his character.”
“In a calm sea every man is a pilot.”
— John Ray
“A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.”
“A good moral character is the first essential in a man.”
“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
“The family has a value that is difficult to exaggerate in the formation of character and in the preservation of civilization.”
— Bertrand Russell
“To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
“It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”
“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully.”
— Jim Rohn
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
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