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Character comprises of the distinctive moral and mental qualities of an individual. Character is the foundation of who you are. It speaks loudly about the kind of person you are, what you think of yourself and your opinion about others and your surroundings. Character creation is an art that involves various hues and tones. There is no one rule that governs character building. It is also said that our true character is revealed when no one is watching and yes, it holds true. Character of a person is influenced by the social and cultural environment in which one lives. Here is a compilation of quotations and sayings by eminent leaders, famous personalities, celebrities and motivational speakers and leaders on character which are quoted extensively. Go through the famous and inspiring list of quotable quotations and thoughts on character that will help you improve your unique identity.

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.
Abigail Van Buren

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

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

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
Anne Frank

A river is the most human and companionable of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its own; and it is as full of good fellowship as a sugar maple is of sap. It can talk in various tones, loud or low, and of many subjects grave and gay.... For real company and friendship there is nothing, outside of the animal kingdom, that is comparable to a river.
Henry Van Dyke

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.
Henry Van Dyke

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
Stendhal

Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?

Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?
J. M. Coetzee

If you feel that there's the author and then the character, then the book is not working. People have a habit of identifying the author with the narrator, and you can't, obviously, be all of the narrators in all of your books, or else you'd be a very strange person indeed.
Margaret Atwood

I think the key divide between the interactive media and the narrative media is the difficulty in opening up an empathic pathway between the gamer and the character, as differentiated from the audience and the characters in a movie or a television show.
Steven Spielberg

Like all of my friends, she's a lousy judge of character.

Like all of my friends, she's a lousy judge of character.
David Sedaris

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

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

Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?

Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?
Cornelia Funke

I mean, can I really create a full, three-dimensional character? I don't know anymore. I'm certainly going to try.

I mean, can I really create a full, three-dimensional character? I don't know anymore. I'm certainly going to try.
Bette Midler

You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.

You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.
Amy Sedaris

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

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

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

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

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Albert Einstein

'The Color Purple' is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet could do brilliantly with one hand tied behind his back.

'The Color Purple' is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet could do brilliantly with one hand tied behind his back.
Steven Spielberg

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

Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.
Abraham Lincoln

People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.

People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Novels are political because in them, we try to identify with people who are not like us. And, in that sense, I like the first-person singular because I have to imitate accurately the voice of someone who is not like me. The third-person singular gives me an authority over a character.
Orhan Pamuk

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.
Anne Frank

What is learned on the athletic field is not forgotten, nor are the lessons of character that are forged there ever lost. Consider the contributions in the field of public life, business, law, medicine, and the military of those who actively participated in athletics.
Robert F. Kennedy

In 1977, I wrote a series of poems about a character, Black Bart, a former cattle rustler-turned-alchemist. A good friend, Claude Purdy, who is a stage director, suggested I turn the poems into a play.

In 1977, I wrote a series of poems about a character, Black Bart, a former cattle rustler-turned-alchemist. A good friend, Claude Purdy, who is a stage director, suggested I turn the poems into a play.
August Wilson

Music... will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you.

Music... will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Character is doing what you don't want to do but know you should do.

Character is doing what you don't want to do but know you should do.
Joyce Meyer

Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
Arthur Schopenhauer

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
Hermann Hesse

When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.

When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.
Ernest Hemingway

I don't think it's at all weakening of the system if people with the same last name put themselves forward to the electorate, when their experiences, their character, and in my case, gender, may be different.

I don't think it's at all weakening of the system if people with the same last name put themselves forward to the electorate, when their experiences, their character, and in my case, gender, may be different.
Hillary Clinton