Character Quotes

Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is the tree is the real thing. (Abraham Lincoln)
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise. View quote
Seneca
Character is our destiny. View quote
Heraclitus
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. View quote
Confucius
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. View quote
Aeschylus
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character! View quote
Theodore Roosevelt
One can acquire everything in solitude - except character. View quote
Stendhal
A man's character is his fate. View quote
Heraclitus
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. View quote
Baruch Spinoza
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. View quote
Kurt Vonnegut
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at. View quote
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Character building begins in our infancy, and continues until death. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
A man's true character comes out when he's drunk. View quote
Charlie Chaplin
Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government. View quote
James K. Polk
It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character. View quote
Dag Hammarskjöld
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. View quote
W. Somerset Maugham
Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism. View quote
Friedrich Schlegel
Weaknesses of character are normally shown in a game of chess. View quote
Garry Kasparov
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. (Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.)
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. View quote
Theodore Roosevelt
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. View quote
James A. Michener
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. View quote
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's a great outlet. I'm not really sure who I am - it seems I change every day. View quote
Leonardo DiCaprio