Personality Flaws Quotes - Page 2

• Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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  Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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• There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

  David Lloyd George

  Motivation, Procrastination, Character

  David Lloyd George (1918). “The Great Crusade: Extracts from Speeches Delivered During the War”

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  When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

  Billy Graham

  Health, Character, Losing

  Twitter post from May 25, 2015

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• Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

  Helen Keller

  Strength, Being Strong, Encouragement

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

  William Ellery Channing

  Inspiring, Character, Breathtaking

  William Ellery Channing (1835). “The works of Wm. Ellery Channing ...”, p.285

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• Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

  Phillips Brooks

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

  James A. Michener

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  James A. Michener (2007). “Chesapeake”, p.278, Ballantine Books

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• Character is much easier kept than recovered.

  Thomas Paine

  Life, Integrity, War

  Thomas Paine (1819). “The American Crisis”, p.190

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• Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

  John Lubbock

  Character

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• I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.

  Plautus

  Beauty, Character, Jewels

  "Plautus: The little Carthaginian. Pseudolus. The rope".

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• The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Sarcastic, Character, Men

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

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Character, Weakness

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• Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Character, Looks, May

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• The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

  Joshua Reynolds

  Real, Character, Men

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• What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Character, Angel, Men

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• Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

  Quentin Crisp

  Moving, Character, Self

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• Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Motivation, Character

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• Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Success, Honesty

  Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr

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• Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

  Faith Baldwin

  Character, Swiftness, Reputation

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• Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Leadership, Fall, Character

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• If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Character, Men, Abuse

  'Vanity Fair' (1847-8) ch. 19

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• The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Integrity

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• The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

  Eddie Rickenbacker

  Character, Imagination, Independence

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• You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

  Ronald Reagan

  Food, Character, Patriotic

  In New York Times 15 Jan. 1981

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