character quotes

“I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year.... It's very character-building.”

“Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.”

— Heraclitus

“I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.”

— Charlie Chaplin

“Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation. ”

— Salvador Dali

“Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.”

— Aristotle

“What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.”

— Aristotle

“Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.”

— Robert Burns

“Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!”

— Robert Burns

“True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion. ”

— Corliss Lamont

“It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people.”

— Antonio Banderas

“
When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
”

— Confucius

“All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.”

— Walt Disney

“Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.”

— Og Mandino

“The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition.”

— Sigmund Freud

“Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold. ”

— Euripides

“One can acquire everything in solitude except character.”

— Stendhal

“As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency”

— Aesop

“Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character. ”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Habits change into character.”

— Ovid

“Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.”

— Ovid

character quotes

“I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year.... It's very character-building.”

“A man's character is his fate.”

“A man's character is his guardian divinity.”

“Character is destiny.”

“Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.”

“I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.”

“Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation. ”

“Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.”

“What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.”

“Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.”

“Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!”

“True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion. ”

“It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people.”

“
When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
”

“All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.”

“Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.”

“The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition.”

“Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold. ”

“One can acquire everything in solitude except character.”

“As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.”

“A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.”

“It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment. ”

“Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.”

“Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency”

“Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.”

“As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.”

“The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character. ”

“I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.”

“Habits change into character.”

“Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.”