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Quotations on Character

A Select Collection of Quotations on Character

By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide

Charles Reader: Quotations on Character
Sow a thought, and you reap an act;/ Sow an act, and you reap a habit;/ Sow a habit, and you reap a character;/ Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

Vince Gill: Quotations on Character
Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Marcus Antonius: Quotations on Character
Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy soul-for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these-that where a man can live, there if he will, he can also live well.

Shakespeare: Quotations on Character
Such as we are made of, such we be.

Daisy Bates: Quotations on Character
Surely the world we live in is but the world that lives in us.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Quotations on Character
Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.

Kahlil Gibran: Quotations on Character
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

William Mather Lewis: Quotations on Character
The abundant life does not come to those who have had a lot of obstacles removed from their path by others. It develops from within and is rooted in strong mental and moral fiber.

Aristotle: Quotations on Character
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

John Locke: Quotations on Character
The discipline of desire is the background of character.

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