True Character Quotes

• Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Inspirational, Character, Knowledge And Power

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• You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Loyalty, Respect, Honesty

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• Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Love, Family, Happiness

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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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• Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Education, Character, School

  Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.124, Univ of California Press

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• The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Education, Teacher, Teaching

  Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.124, Univ of California Press

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• Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Attitude, Character

  Albert Einstein's speech made in honor of Thomas Mann, when Mann was given the Einstein Prize given by the Jewish Forum (January 1939), as quoted in Abraham Pais "Einstein Lived Here" (p. 214), 1994.

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• A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Inspirational, Character, Men

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• True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

  E. O. Wilson

  Character, Atheism, Arise

  E. O. Wilson (2014). “Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge”, p.365, Vintage

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• The true character of ministry is a servants heart.

  Harold J. Warner

  Heart, Character, Ministry

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• The true measure of a man is how he behaves when death is close.

  Alma Katsu

  Men, Helping Others, Personal Qualities

  Alma Katsu (2011). “The Taker: Book One of the Taker Trilogy”, p.246, Simon and Schuster

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  Your true character Is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do 'Nothing' for you

  Mother Teresa

  Character, Treats, Can Do

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  The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

  Samuel Johnson

  Inspirational, Success, Respect

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Determination, Smart

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• You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.

  Paul McCartney

  Character, Animal, Men

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• Adversity defines true character.

  Ray Lewis

  Character, Adversity

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• The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character.

  Anne Frank

  Character, Swings, Way

  "The Diary of a Young Girl". Book by Anne Frank, 1952.

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• The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

  Nelson Mandela

  Children, Character, Society

  Twitter post from Sep 18, 2016

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• No short-cut that tries to bypass the patient unfolding of the true character of God, and our relationship to him as his children, can ever succeed in providing long-term spiritual therapy.

  Sinclair B. Ferguson

  Spiritual, Children, Character

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• In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other preliminaries to settle with the reader, than that he will divest himself of prejudice and repossession, and suffer his reason and feelings to determine for themselves; and that he will put on, or rather that he will not put off, the true character of man, and generously enlarge his view beyond the present day.

  Thomas Paine

  Character, Science, Simple

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• True character arises from a deeper well than religion. It is the internalization of moral principles of a society, augmented by those tenets personally chosen by the individual, strong enough to endure through trials of solitude and adversity. The principles are fitted together into what we call integrity, literally the integrated self, wherein personal decisions feel good and true. Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others.

  E. O. Wilson

  Strong, Integrity, Character

  "Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge". Book by E. O. Wilson, 1998.

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• Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.

  James K. Polk

  Character, Government, Appreciate

  Inaugural Address, avalon.law.yale.edu. March 04, 1845.

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• The stresses of high-altitude climbing reveal your true character; they unmask who you really are. You no longer have all the social graces to hide behind, to play roles. You are the essence of what you are.

  David Breashears

  Stress, Character, Climbing

  David Breashears, Jon Krakauer (2000). “High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places”, p.274, Simon and Schuster

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• True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Character, Rude, Weakness

  "Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. II), 1916.

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• The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.

  Voltaire

  Freedom, Character, Independence

  Voltaire, Tobias George Smollett, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh (1901). “Voltaire: Index to His Works, Genius and Character”

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