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.

1. We all are characters in a movie. — Vivake Pathak, God and Destiny
2. Now must we sing and sing the best we can, But first you must be told your character: Convicted cowards all, by kindred slain. — William Butler Yeats
3. Every man’s nature is a sufficient advertisement to him of the character of his fellows. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character. — P. G. Wodehouse
5. There is one quality that characterizes all of us who deal with the sciences of the earth and its life–we are never bored. — Rachel Carson
6. An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual. — Robert Baden–Powell
7. All have some artificial badge which the world, and themselves among the first, learn to consider as a genuine characteristic. — Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mosses from an Old Manse
8. It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. — W. Somerset Maugham
9. The person who builds a character makes foes. — Neil Young
10. Is this how Julia Roberts’ character feels like in Pretty Woman? Two parts princess, one part whore? — Parker S. Huntington, Asher Black
11. The victories of character are instant, and victories for all. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
12. The characters I have the least in common with are the ones I have the greatest success with. The further a role is from my own experience, the more I try to deepen it. — Paul Newman
13. Even pretty faces are mutilated by ugly character — أحمد عمارة
14. Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath. — Solon
15. It’s always interesting to play a character that obviously has a secret. — Viggo Mortensen
16. I am more emotionally attached to book characters than actual people in my life. — Unknownimous
17. Your true character in life is your destiny. — Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono
18. Technology is characterized by constant change, rapid innovation, creative destruction, and revolutionary products. — Marsha Blackburn
19. Is it possible, I wonder, for a man to truly change? Or do character and habit form the immovable boundaries of our lives? — Nicholas Sparks
20. Sound character is our greatest asset because it provides the power with which we may ride the emergencies of life instead of going down under them. — Napoleon Hill
21. I would like to be remembered as someone who gave it all and went for it all, As a woman of strong conviction, character, dignity, and talent who always put God first. — Zulay Henao
22. ​retaining Character is the Toughest Challenge for Humans when they Level Up. — Vineet Raj Kapoor
23. Be kind to yourself. God thinks you’re worth his kindness. And he’s a good judge of character. — Max Lucado
24. I don’t think the Republicans can damage my character — William J. Clinton
25. Generally, the bigger the budget, the less interesting the characters become. — Matt Damon
26. If you have to choose between character and reputation. Choose character every single time. Then you can be authentic and straight. Nothing to lose. — Parashar Pandya, You Gotta Have Balls
27. Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It’s all part of the same person but it’s a much newer medium for me. — Taylor Dane
28. She had not character enough to take to drinking, and moaned about, slip–shod and in curl–papers, all day. — William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
29. I would like to be remembered as someone who gave it all and went for it all, As a woman of strong conviction, character, dignity, and talent who always put God first. — Zulay Henao
30. I’m a happy–go–lucky character. I’m not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world. — Noel Gallagher
31. At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features. — Roman Jakobson
32. I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a character. — Spike Lee
33. I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own. — Ruta Sepetys, Out of the Easy
34. A good novelist does not lead his characters, he follows them. A good novelist does not create events, he watches them happen and then writes down what he sees. — Stephen King
35. I wouldnt call acting a job–its a pleasure. I love getting to play different characters, getting to play dress up, and getting paid for it. — Rooney Mara
36. What is aesthetically beautiful, should not be able to be understood fully: by its mysterious character it should leave behind a vaguely pleasant feeling. — Nicola Lecca, Ritratto notturno
37. As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of ‘do it yourself.’ — Marshall McLuhan
38. Politics ruins the character. — Otto Von Bismarck
39. Embody the character of the kingdom and it will manifest — Sunday Adelaja
40. The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters. — Thomas Jefferson
41. I recognized your good character.Because of my silence, Petra HermansH. Koper — Petra Hermans
42. For me, whenever I would see a lot of ‘black films, ‘ I didn’t feel represented in it. I didn’t feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor. — Zoe Kravitz
43. It takes a man of unusual character to openly confront his own shortcomings. It’s so much more convenient to blame others. — Raymond E. Feist, King of Foxes
44. He always describes his characters’ voices and their physique so brilliantly. As people have said, they are cartoons, caricatures. They’re grotesques really. — Simon Callow
45. I’m just really thankful to have the chance to portray a character you don’t see every day. — Regina King
46. Most gothics are overplotted novels whose success or failure hinges on the author’s ability to make you believe in the characters and partake of the mood. — Stephen King
47. True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude. — Napoleon Bonaparte
48. Human character evermore publishes itself. The most fugitive deed and word, the intimated purpose, express character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
49. If one abandons their principles when tested by struggle, they were never true principles but advertisements for character they never possessed. — Tiffany Madison
50. France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character. — Napoleon Bonaparte