"It takes character to sit there with all that cash and do nothing. I didn't get to where I am by going after mediocre opportunities."
Read quote
17 likes
Character quotes
Character
14.8K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Character
Browse quotes that often appear alongside character — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Character quotes (page 24 of 739)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?"
Read quote
17 likes
"For me, I really feel like a character when I look like them."
Read quote
17 likes
"Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed."
Read quote
17 likes
"It is abhorrent to me when a fine intelligence is paired with an unsavory character."
Read quote
17 likes
"Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it."
Read quote
17 likes
"Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life."
Read quote
17 likes
"If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything."
Read quote
17 likes
"I have always been more interested in creating a character that contains something crippled. I think nearly all of us have some kind of defect."
Read quote
17 likes
"It's not enough to have values without vision ; you want to be good, but you want to be good for something. On the other hand, vision without values can create a Hitler . An empowering mission statement deals with both character and competence; what you want to be and what you want to do in your life."
Read quote
17 likes
"The 'Inside-Out' approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self, with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves recedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves."
Read quote
17 likes
"Suffering is nature's way of indicating a mistaken attitude or way of behavior, and to the nonegocentric person every moment of suffering is the opportunity for growth. People should rejoice in suffering, strange as it sounds, for this is a sign of the availability of energy to transform their characters."
Read quote
17 likes
"I'm not a conscious rapper, all those things we talk about, the struggle, the pain, the outlook to the future, keep your head up. I try to put all those positive things into a regular human character, which is myself."
Read quote
17 likes
"We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow. With out them we grow weak like the Eloi in comfort and security. We need to constantly be challenging ourselves in order to strengthen our character and increase our intelligence."
Read quote
17 likes
"I use my platform for more than just myself. Art is a reflection of human emotions. To neglect the political is to neglect what essentially is your job of storytelling. I would rather be known for the content of my character than for the project that I did."
Read quote
17 likes
"I think the ultimate challenge is to have some kind of style and grace, even though you haven't got money, or standing in society, or formal education. I had a very middle, lower-middle class sort of upbringing, but I identify with people who've had, at some point in their lives to struggle to survive. It adds another color to your character."
Read quote
17 likes
"You can get everything money will buy without a lick of character, but you can't get any of the things money won't buy: happiness, joy, peace of mind, winning relationships, etc., without character."
Read quote
17 likes
"The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious."
Read quote
17 likes
"But keep characters in propinquity long enough and a story will always develop a plot."
Read quote
17 likes
"Of all the endless variety of phenomena which nature presents to our senses, there is none that fills our minds with greater wonder than that inconceivably complex movement which, in its entirety, we designate as human life; Its mysterious origin is veiled in the forever impenetrable mist of the past, its character is rendered incomprehensible by its infinite intricacy, and its destination is hidden in the unfathomable depths of the future... ."
Read quote
17 likes