Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself — Robert Foster Bennett
It is to be regretted that domestication has seriously deteriorated the moral character of the duck. In a wild state, he is a faithful husband.....but… — Isabella Beeton
Look well to the characters and qualifications of those you elect and raise to office and places of trust. — Unknown Author
Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because… — James A. Garfield
In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate-look to his character. — Noah Webster
Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because… — James A. Garfield
We're not going to deputize a whole bunch of American citizens to start grabbing people or turning them in, in part because the ordinary American… — Barack Obama
Ownership is not a general feature of our society, determining its character. On the contrary, dependence on a precarious wage at the will of others… — Hilaire Belloc
By making choices consistent with eternal truth you will develop righteous character. — Richard G. Scott
Death stamps the characters and conditions of men for eternity. - As death finds them in this world, so will they be in the next. — Nathanael Emmons
Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny. — Ezra Taft Benson
For how shall we fill people with blind faith in the correctness of a doctrine, if we ourselves spread uncertainty and doubt by constant changes… — Adolf Hitler
As I have said before, I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before the spelling-book came with its… — Mark Twain
This law of monogamy, or the monogamic system, laid the foundation for prostitution and the evils and diseases of the most revolting nature and character… — Orson Pratt
Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, her burdens, her needs… — Therese of Lisieux
We are what we frequently do. — Aristotle
What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become. — Bruce Lee
There is a continuum that runs from character to productivity. Who you are and what you believe make a difference to those who look to… — Unknown Author
Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change… — Catherine Drinker Bowen

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