Character Quotes
Quotes about character and who you are when no one is watching. This hand-picked collection brings together 30 of the finest character quotes ever written — from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Alexander Pope, Immanuel Kant and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals.
Pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
Seek not the favour of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means.
Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.
The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.
Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened.
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
My life is my message.
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
A tree is known by its fruit.
It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.
The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
A man should be himself, and not try to be liked by everyone.
We convince by our presence.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Character is destiny.
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.
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.