Top 200 Character Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”

— Oscar Wilde

52. “So long, and thanks for all the fish.”

— Douglas Adams

53. “To lose patience is to lose the battle.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

54. “Life had to break you down so you could be rebuilt better.”

— Robin S. Sharma

55. “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”

— George R.R. Martin

56. “I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.”

— Kurt Cobain

57. “Real integrity stays in place whether the test is in adversity or prosperity.”

— Charles R. Swindoll

58. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

59. “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”

— Mother Teresa

60. “Courage, dear heart.”

— C. S. Lewis

61. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”

— Jim Elliot

62. “Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

63. “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”

— J.K. Rowling

64. “Though she be but little, she is fierce!”

— William Shakespeare

65. “Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”

— Seneca

66. “How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.”

— Benjamin Franklin

67. “Character is not only doing the right thing when no one is looking, it’s doing the right thing when everyone is looking. It’s being willing to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.”

— Michael Josephson

68. “Life’s hard. It’s even harder when you’re stupid.”

— John Wayne

69. “What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

70. “I defy you, stars.”

— William Shakespeare

71. “To err is human; to forgive, divine.”

— Alexander Pope

72. “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.”

— William Shakespeare

73. “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”

— J.K. Rowling

74. “When anger rises, think of the consequences.”

— Confucius

75. “I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.”

— Warren Buffett

76. “I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”

— Audrey Hepburn

77. “Image is what people think we are; integrity is what we really are.”

— John C. Maxwell

78. “Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”

— Zig Ziglar

79. “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

— Lao Tzu

80. “When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.”

— Billy Graham

81. “You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one.”

— Henry David Thoreau

82. “A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.”

— Oscar Wilde

83. “Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.”

— Brandon Sanderson

84. “The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.”

— Muhammad Ali

85. “As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.”

— Maya Angelou

86. “Hustle, Loyalty, Respect.”

— John Cena

87. “From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

88. “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.”

— John Wooden

89. “The simple act of caring is heroic.”

— Edward Albert

90. “Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”

— Bruce Lee

91. “Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.”

— W. Clement Stone

92. “Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. ”

— Khalil Gibran

93. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be.”

— James Allen

94. “Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

95. “To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.”

— Khalil Gibran

96. “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”

— Solomon

97. “The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.”

— Jim Rohn

98. “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

— J.K. Rowling

99. “People of excellence go the extra mile to do what’s right.”

— Joel Osteen

100. “Man is not made for defeat.”

— Ernest Hemingway