Learn About Your Character Through These Quotes

“A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.”

― Seneca



“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



“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters”

― Albert Einstein



“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”


― R.J. Palacio, Wonder



“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



“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

― Martin Luther King Jr.



“I am tired of people saying that poor character is the only reason people do wrong things. Actually, circumstances cause people to act a certain way. It’s from those circumstances that a person’s attitude is affected followed by weakening of character. Not the reverse. If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others and judging their lives as either black or white, good or bad. We all live our lives in shades of gray.”

― Shannon L. Alder



“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