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| Berömmelse är vad du tar, karaktär är vad du ger, när du vaknat till denna sanning har du börjat leva. | Bayard Taylor |
| Det krävs karaktär att sälja resårband i metervara. | Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) |
| Det är bara i romantiska berättelser som människor genomgår en plötslig förvandling. I verkliga livet förblir grundkaraktären hos oss densamma, även efter de hemskaste upplevelser. | Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) |
| En person avslöjar aldrig så tydligt sin karaktär som när han beskriver en annans. | Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825) |
| Har man ingen karaktär får man skaffa sig levnadsregler. | Albert Camus (1913-1960) |
| I det stora hela vill människor vara goda, men inte för goda och inte hela tiden. | George Orwell (1903-1950) |
| Jag tror att det var Clemenceau som sade att om en man har karaktär, så är den vanligen dålig. Det är sant; och när en man har samvete, så är det vanligen dåligt. | Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994) |
| Karaktär är summan av en persons val. | P. B. Fitzwater |
| Karaktär är viktigare än intelligens för framgång. | Gilberte Beaux |
| Karaktär: ett högburet nyårslöfte genom hela livet. | Arne Hirdman (1914-) |
| Karaktären är som ett träd och ryktet är som skuggan. Skuggan är vad vi tror om den, trädet är på riktigt. | Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) |
| Knyt dig till människor med bra karaktär, för det är bättre att vara ensam än i dåligt sällskap. | Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) |
| Namnteckningen avslöjar alltid en människas karaktär - och ibland till och med vad hon heter. | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) |
| Svaghet i attityd blir svaghet i karaktär. | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) |
| Varje människa har tre karaktärer: den hon visar, den hon har och den hon tror hon har. | Alphonse Karr (1808-1890) |
| Jeg har hatt det storartet i mitt liv, takket være en svak karakter | Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) |
| Dybt nede er jeg temmelig overfladisk. | Ava Gardner (1922-1990) |
| En person afslører sin karakter mest tydeligt ved de jokes, han foragter. | Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) |
| Den unge, som ikke har grædt, er en vild, og den ældre, som ikke vil le, er et fjols. | George Santayana (1863-1952) |
| Ved hjælp af dyd, duelighed og fin optræden kan man blive uudholdelig. | Jean de la Bruyère (1645-1696) |
| Et menneske viser sin karakter mest tydeligt i det, han finder latterligt | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) |
| Intet afslører tydeligere et menneskes karakter, end de ting han finder latterlige | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) |
| What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly | Carl Rogers |
| Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed. | Cavett Robert |
| Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance. | Charles Henry Parkhurst (1842-) |
| It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character. | Dale E. Turner (1956-) |
| Moody and withdrawn, the lake unites a haunting loveliness to a raw desolateness. | Dale Morgan |
| The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born | Dean Inge |
| Being unable to reason is not a positive character trait outside religion | Dewey Henize |
| The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence | Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (1890-1973) |
| Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. | Frank Outlaw |
| I admire men of character, and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal with their subordinates, and that, to me, is where you find out what the character of a man is | Gen. H. Norman Schwartzkopf (1934-) |
| You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do | George Norman Douglas (1865-1957) |
| Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss. | Hal Holbrook (1925-) |
| Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and on our character we build our destiny. | Henry Hancock |
| Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. | J.C. Watts (1957-) |
| You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. | James D. Miles |
| Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. | John Howe |
| Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are to some extent a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece by thought, choice, courage and determination. | John Luther |
| The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do. | John W. Holt, Jr. |
| Character is the firm foundation stone upon which one must build to win respect. Just as no worthy building can be erected on a weak foundation, so no lasting reputation worthy of respect can be built on a weak character. | R. C. Samsel |
| Character is not made in a crisis it is only exhibited. | Robert Freeman |
| Competing at the highest level is the greatest test of one's character. | Russell Mark (1964-) |
| One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune | William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1838-1903) |
| In my opinion the best character is generally that which is least talked about | William Erle |
| If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny. | André Maurois (1885-1967) |
| It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character. | Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) |
| You cannot build up a character in a solitude; you need a formed character to stand a solitude | Austin O'Malley |
| Character is power. | Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) |
| A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. | Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) |
| The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior. | Earl Warren (1891-1974) |
| People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. | Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) |
| A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him | Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) |
| Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved. | Helen Keller (1880-1968) |
| Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. | Heraclitus of Ephesus |
| It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep. | John Jay Chapman (1862-1933) |
| Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy, than by service; love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present. | John Lubbock, Sr. |
| Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. | John Wooden (1910-) |
| Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. | John Wooden (1910-) |
| The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized. | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) |
| Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions. | Roger Babson (1875-1967) |
| Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character... | Stephen R. Covey |
| If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character. | Swami Sivananda (1887-1963) |
| To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin | Tryon Edwards |
| If we want our children to possess the traits of character we most admire, we need to teach them what those traits are and why they deserve both admiration and allegiance. Children must learn to identify the forms and content of those traits. | William Bennett (1943-) |
| The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day. | William Bennett (1943-) |
| You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. | James D. Miles |
| The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do. | John W. Holt, Jr. |
| Watch your thoughts; they become your words. Watch your words; they become your actions. Watch your actions; they become your habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character for it will become your destiny. | Frank Outlaw |
| Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking. | Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) |
| Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have. | Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) |
| Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. | Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) |
| Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. | J.C. Watts (1957-) |
| 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 (1809-1865) |
| Character is so largely affected by association, that we cannot afford to be indifferent as to who or what our friends are. | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |
| Character is the final decision to reject whatever is demeaning to oneself or to others and with confidence and honesty choose what is right. | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |
| People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |
| A man's reputation is what other people think of him; his character is what he really is. | John Wooden (1910-) |
| Character is like the foundation of a house - it is below the surface. | John Wooden (1910-) |
| Sports do not build character. They reveal it. | John Wooden (1910-) |
| Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. | Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) |
| I admire men of character, and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal with their subordinates, and that, to me, is where you find out what the character of a man is | Gen. H. Norman Schwartzkopf (1934-) |
| Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. | John Wooden (1910-) |
| History is made at night. Character is what you are in the dark. | H. Jackson Brown, Jr. |
| Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. | H. Jackson Brown, Jr. |
| Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing: I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have l | Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) |
| Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) |
| Character is determined in the presence of temptation, and the absence of an audience. | Alexandra Larsen |
| Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. | Alphonse Karr (1808-1890) |
| The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands | Anne Frank (1929-1945) |
| Character, not circumstances, make the man. | Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) |
| Shakespeare without Othello, Lear, Macbeth and Hamlet would be all too much like Hamlet without the prince. | Brand Blanshard |
| I don't care about my character here on earth.I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord. | Brigham Young (1801-1877) |
| Character is the only secure foundation of the state. | Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) |
| A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol. | Charles Horton Cooley |
| It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered | Christian Nevell Bovee |
| Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. | Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) |
| "I am bored" generally means "I am boring". | Dennis Prager (1948-) |
| Character is what you are in the dark. | Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899) |
| Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. | Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) |
| Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time. | Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) |
| Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth. | Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) |
| Character is easier kept than recovered | English Proverb |
| Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public. | Epictetus (55-135) |
| Character is a stamp of good repute on a person. | Euripides (480 f.Kr.-406 f.Kr.) |
| Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold. | Euripides (480 f.Kr.-406 f.Kr.) |
| A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name. | Evan Esar (1899-) |
| It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity. | Francis Bacon, Sr. (1561-1626) |
| Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had. | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
| Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character. | George Santayana (1863-1952) |
| A major character has to come somehow out of the unconscious. | Graham Greene (1904-1991) |
| Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. | H. Jackson Brown, Jr. |
| The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way | Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
| Dreams are the touchstones of our character. | Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
| There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character | Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) |
| Character is destiny. | Heraclitus of Ephesus |
| Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person. | George Horace Lorimer (1867-1937) |
| A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's | Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825) |
| Character develops itself in the stream of life. | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) |
| There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at. | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) |
| Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) |
| Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable. | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) |
| Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life. | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) |
| Judge a man's character by what he finds ridiculous. | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) |
| Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper. | John Updike (1932-) |
| Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. | John Wooden (1910-) |
| The real character of a man is found out by his amusements. | Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) |
| Bottom line is, even if you see them coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So, what are we, helpless? Puppets? Nah. The big moments are gonna come, you can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that count. That's when you find out who you are. | Joss Whedon (1964-) |
| I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life. | Leonardo DiCaprio (1974-) |
| Character must be kept bright as well as clean. | Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773) |
| She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners. | Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) |
| Character is doing the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay. When it comes to character, you don’t have to be sick to get better. It’s easier for a good person to get better than for a bad person to get good. | Michael Josephson |
| Ordinary people, even weak people, can do extraordinary things through temporary courage generated by a situation. But the person of character does not need the situation to generate his courage. It is a part of his being and a standard approach to all life's challenges. We’re all ethical in our own eyes. Although we are usually judged by our last worst act, we usually judge ourselves by our most noble deeds, our best intentions and our most virtuous traits. Character is not a fancy coat we put on for show, it’s who we really are. | Michael Josephson |
| No one will question your integrity if your integrity is not questionable. | Nathaniel Bronner Jr. (1955-) |
| Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work. | Orison Swett Marden |
| In this day and age, some turn 18 and think they're a man or a woman and that's it, but that's just not true. You have to establish your manhood or your womanhood with actions. | Orlando McGuire |
| As Cro-Magnon as it sounds, the problem with attitudes is some people have just never had their ass kicked -- and I don't mean necessarily in the physical sense. | Orlando McGuire |
| Problem is there are too many sissies and prima donnas -- stop talking and get it done. | Orlando McGuire |
| Character is simply habit long continued. | Plutarktos (46-119) |
| Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |
| Do what you know and perception is converted into character. | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |
| Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams. | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |
| The force of character is cumulative | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |
| If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats. | Richard Bach (1936-) |
| I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person. | Rita Mero |
| And whatever our faith -- whatever our faith, one belief should bind us all: The measure of our character is our willingness to give of ourselves for others and for our country. | Senator John Kerry (1943-) |
| Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do. | Shaquille ONeal |
| You can’t talk your way out of what you’ve behaved yourself into. | Stephen R. Covey |
| Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character | T. Alan Armstrong |
| I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really. | Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) |
| Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. | Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) |
| Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver hath subjected himself unto laws. | Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) |
| There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures. | Thomas Browne, Sr. |
| Character is much easier kept than recovered. | Thomas Paine (1737-1809) |
| The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers. | Thomas Sowell (1930-) |
| Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny | Tryon Edwards |
| Nobody has worked harder at inactivity with such a force of character, with such unremitting attention to detail, with such conscientious devotion to the task | Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) |
| It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has been set like plaster, and will never soften again. | William James (1842-1910) |
| If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the business | William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) |
| We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character to display itself in what I may, perhaps, be allowed to call spiritual efficiency - clear disinterested thinking and fearless action | Woodrow T. Wilson (1856-1924) |
| Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty. | Woodrow T. Wilson (1856-1924) |
| If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish pig. | Woodrow T. Wilson (1856-1924) |
| A rich man has no need of character | Yiddish Proverb |
| Du kan ikke fantasere sammen din karakter. Du må hamre og smi den. | Imayat Khan Gayan |
| Et menneske uten karakter er som en blomst uten duft | Imayat Khan Gayan |
| Intet menneske kan overstige begrensningene i sin egen karakter. | Robespierre |
| Små menn tror på lykken og omstendighetene. Sterke menn tror på årsak og virkning. | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |