In business, as in life, it’s important to have a good understanding of your own character and the characters of those around you. A compilation of wise quotes about character can be a great resource for entrepreneurs, who need to stay aware of their strengths and weaknesses in order to succeed. Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been in business for years, these quotes will help you put your best foot forward. Here are just a few examples:
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.
The best character quotes
1. Loosing character is not easy, behind lots of hard work — sakhiabbas
2. Beauty is in the character of a person. It’s about having an interesting face and about what’s inside. Anyone can take a good picture. — Patrick Demarchelier
3. A homely face does not guarantee a homely character. Appearance is the body, character is the spirit, and the soul bears the most vital qualities. — Michael Bassey Johnson
4. Two characters and sexy banter do not a book make, damn it. — Sherry Thomas
5. Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power. — Sathya Sai Baba
6. Character is how you treat people who can’t do anything for you in return.Integrity is how you act when you think nobody is looking. — Thea Nishimori
7. If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write. — W. Somerset Maugham
8. There is no more critical indicator of the future of a society than the character, competence, and integrity of its youth. — Urie Bronfenbrenner
9. What really ruins our character is the fact that none of us looks back over his life. — Seneca
10. Sow a thought and you reap an action. Sow an action and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny. — Warren W. Wiersbe
11. I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor. — Shirley Maclaine
12. You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you’re a writer. — Paul Haggis
13. Since I was there in the very beginning, I know the history of the characters. So, I make comments about the tone and sometimes remind the writers that we’ve done that before. — Matt Groening
14. Shamelessness is a wonderful part of the character. — Stephen Colbert
15. I don’t have to do anything. The character is shaped on the page. — Morgan Freeman
16. For each book, I do end up making a kind of playlist to fit the characters. — Meg Cabot
17. The Seventies seemed like this really open time. There were a lot of strong women characters deciding what kind of artists they wanted to be. — Rachel Kushner
18. ‘human” is a kind of midway creature, reflecting God into the world, and reflecting the world back to God.’ — N.T. Wright, After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters
19. I love Norse mythology–Thor and Odin and Loki–amazing characters. — Rick Riordan
20. A character for steadiness once gone is not easily recovered — Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown’s Schooldays
21. When I realized that if I was an actor, I could be any character I wanted instead of just one particular, I was like, ‘Wow, that’s cool.’ — Orlando Bloom
22. Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys. — Zooey Deschanel
23. If I take care of my character my reputation will take care of itself. — D. L. Moody
24. Sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character…–annabelle granger — Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Match Me If You Can
25. Decisions are always characterized by the lack of information and knowledge. — Pearl Zhu, Digital Valley: Five Pearls of Wisdom to Make Profound Influence
26. When one’s character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction. — Mark Twain
27. We need to be strong on the inside and have God’s character and qualities — Sunday Adelaja
28. My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors. — Tracey Ullman
29. The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force. It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
30. None of the shades of blue can paint the character of few men. — Pavitraa Parthasarathy
31. Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university. — William James
32. When you think about the person responsible for creating the character and the dialogue, Bill Monahan, who’s a Boston guy, obviously, his words roll off my tongue quite nicely. — Mark Wahlberg
33. I always want to know what’s wrong with you, why you ain’t smiling. That’s just my character; I just love people and want to see people having a good time. — Wyclef Jean
34. I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like. — Nicholas Sparks
35. Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
36. I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight. — Tommy Chong
37. Embody the character of the kingdom and it will manifest — Sunday Adelaja
38. A lot of people expect to see the same type of character that they see on the field off the field, and that throws them for a loop. — Terrell Owens
39. As a character, it’s very interesting to play someone who wants to change their life and have him change it. — Winona Ryder
40. Books are a little better movies than just screenplays because there’s more fat on the bone. There’s more character development. There’s more stuff to pick from. — Mike Binder
41. I made my name’. What does this mean? It means you developed endurance, perseverance and will–to–win as a core part of your character — Sunday Adelaja
42. When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn’t expect me in comedies or musicals. — Sylvester Stallone
43. I think I’m a character actress in a leading lady’s body, but the industry doesn’t really see me that way. — Sanaa Lathan
44. The truth that we must finally confront is that Islam contains specific notions of martyrdom and jihad that fully explain the character of Muslim violence. — Sam Harris
45. When you have a set of characters, you have to fall in love with them and care about them as each individual character. — Tina Fey
46. I really become the characters when I’m writing them. I’ll become one or two of them more than others, I’m consistent that way. — Quentin Tarantino
47. My scars tell a story. They are a reminder of times when life tried to break me, but failed. They are markings of where the structure of my character was welded. — Steve Maraboli
48. The Adventure called and I followed with my thumb like a character being written by an intractable author. Which, of course, I was. — Sol Luckman, Beginner’s Luke
49. Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose! — Robert Burns
50. Character no longer is shaped by only two earnest, fumbling experts. Now all the world’s a sage. — Marshall Mcluhan
Conclusion
No matter how hard it may seem, having a good character is one of the most important things you can do for your personal growth and success. Quotes about character can inspire and motivate us to build strong morals and values that will guide us through life’s challenges. Remember, having a strong character is not about being perfect, but rather about being honest, accountable, and determined to do what is right. So, take these quotes about character to heart and strive to live your life with integrity.
