Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Character Quotes
CharacterCreditImportanceReputationYoung Men The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
ChangeCharacterIdentityPersonal DevelopmentResponsibility Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
CharacterLeadershipPowerResilienceStrength Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
CharacterCinemaHopeIntegrityTruth If the character is true, the movie will fall into place. Or at least that's what you hope.
AmbitionCharacterDuality The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.
BalanceCharacterIntellectWisdom We should take care not to make the intellect our goal; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
CharacterIdealismMoral IntegrityPerfectionReputation William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
BehaviorCharacterEthicsMoralityTransformation You cannot make a sinner into a saint by killing him. He who does not live as a saint here will never live as a saint hereafter.
CharacterGrowthPerseveranceResilienceStrength The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.
CharacterFilm AppreciationForgivenessStoryVisual Effects When we think about a great movie, I mean, what do we think about? We think about story, we think about character. And when the visual effects aren't perfect, we forgive it.
CharacterEducationExampleParenting Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
AuthenticityCharacterConnectionTrust One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.
CharacterResponsibilityWealth If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
CharacterGratitudeIntegrityOpportunityResilience An employer of mine back in the '80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It's a basic tell of character.
CharacterDeterminationPerseveranceResilienceStrength Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
AuthenticityCharacterIntegritySelf-JudgmentSelf Worth 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!
CharacterEccentricityIndividuality She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.
CharacterImportanceInfluence Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
