The best famous quotes and reflections about the human personality and its implications in daily life.
The strength of our personality is something for which people have always been valued and respected in society.
The debate on whether a trait in our personality is negative or positive has always been open and numerous thinkers have ruled over time on those traits that, in their opinion, give us greater value as people.
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Phrases about personality (and famous quotes)
Below we present the 80 phrases about personality, character and temperament that in our opinion are most relevant and whose authors many of you will know.
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1. Character develops in the stream of life. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
We develop our character over the years and how they treat us.
2. Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. (Albert Einstein)
Our attitude is linked to our character, because this marks how we act in certain situations.
3. Strength of character is cumulative. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Our character over the years changes and strengthens, we also become more confident over the years.
4. Faced with the obligation to also say something about my character and my temperament, the most indulgent of my readers will be neither the least sincere nor the most lacking in wit. Giacomo Casanova
Other people can invent about what our character or personality is like, especially if they don’t know us.
5. Character can almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. (Aristotle)
Our character shows us as much more convincing and determined people with which we can be more persuasive.
6. Reputation is for time; character is for eternity. (JB Gough)
Our reputation in an environment can last for a certain time, but our way of being is forever.
7. A man without enemies is a man without character. (Paul Newmann)
The one with a strong character tends to have more enemies, since he is usually more prone to combat, be it verbal or other categories.
8. Character and personal strength are the only investments worth anything. (Walt Whitman)
Our character and way of being is who we are as individuals and one of our greatest personal assets.
9. The measure of a man is what he does with power. (Plato)
It is in situations of power that a man shows his true character.
10. People with courage and character always seem sinister to others. (Hermann Hesse)
Showing yourself as a man or woman with a strong character can carve out unwanted fame and make you not very well liked by the rest.
11. Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open. (Elmer G. Letterman)
Those who value us for our character will always hold us in high regard, as they know what we are made of.
12. The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, power of articulation, and depth of character. (DwightEisenhower)
Former President Eisenhower enumerated in this way the qualities for which he valued a man.
13. Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time. (Elbert Hubbard)
Our character is shown not only with words but also with our actions on a daily basis.
14. Character gets us out of bed, commitment moves us to action, and discipline keeps us going. (Zig Ziglar)
By these three qualities every hard-working man, character, dedication and discipline is governed. Certainly very good qualities.
15. The character of a man can be known by the adjectives he habitually uses in conversation. (Mark Twain)
How we talk about others indicates how we are as people, we must show ourselves as people of integrity.
16. The man who lies, hardly has any character; and if he possesses anything good, he owes it solely to his temperament. (Immanuel Kant)
The lie must be expelled from society, because our actions say who we are and who others are. Only the truth should be reproduced in society.
17. No, he meant that if you are going to expatriate, make sure you have the temperament to do it, because everything that goes wrong is exaggerated. (Julian Barnes)
When we take a dangerous action we must make sure we have the courage to carry it out.
18. Our restless and unstable temperament was bound to create more than just sexual emotions. It also gave rise to the evolution of our human sexual anatomy, physical attributes meant to seduce potential mates with siren songs. (Helen Fisher)
Our way of being is something much more attractive to other people than our mere physical attributes.
19. The resistance that is fought physically in the gym and the resistance that is fought in life can only build a strong character. (ArnoldSchwarzenegger)
The adversities that we encounter in our lives are those that, as if it were an anvil, form our character.
20. The discipline that is learned and the character that is built from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself. (Bo Bennett)
What we learn on the path of our life is more important than where it takes us.
21. 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)
The character of a person is real and tangible, on the contrary, reputation is what they say about that person that may be true… or not.
22. Almost all men can withstand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. (Abraham Lincoln)
It is in situations of power that we are really put to the test, because with it come many responsibilities.
23. 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. (Andre Maurois)
The sum of our character and our actions, that sum is who we really are.
24. By constant self-discipline and self-control, you can develop greatness of character. (Grenville Kleiser)
Our character forges us as people, with character we self-impose our own desires.
25. Character is the real foundation of all worthwhile success. (John Hays-Hammond)
Being real as people and honest with ourselves, what we achieve will be on our own merits.
26. All our experiences merge into our personality. Everything that has happened to us is an ingredient. (Malcolm X)
Our life and how we live it is what will dictate our personality and who we are as a person.
27. The character of each act depends on the circumstances in which it is done. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.)
How we act in our actions will depend on the circumstances that have led us to them and their importance.
28. Self-image is the key to personality and human behavior. To change one’s image is to change one’s personality and behavior. (Maxwell Maltz)
Our self-esteem will largely dictate our character and personality, as this is how we see ourselves.
29. Most people say that it is the intellect that makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is the character. (Albert Einstein)
A person without character is a half-empty person, because this is largely the one who will dictate how we act with ourselves and with others.
30. The variety of individual personalities is the greatest fortune in the world. (Julian Huxley)
Personality is what differentiates us from one another and thanks to it we are much richer as a species.
31. The character of a man is known by his conversations. (Menander)
Our way of conversing with the rest and what we say in those conversations will reveal to others what our character is.
32. Personality matures only when a man has made the truth his own. (Soren Kierkegaard)
We mature as people when we have reached a minimum of knowledge about life.
33. You can judge the character of a person by the way they treat those who cannot do anything for them. (Author unknown)
How we treat others is one of the ways we show our character and personality.
34. Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out looking for a successful personality to duplicate it. (Bruce Lee)
Believing in ourselves and being consistent with our actions is the best way to improve as people. Be our best version.
35. You can judge the true character of a man by the way he treats his fellow animals. (Paul MCCARTNEY)
How we relate to animals also shows our character and values. He who treats an animal badly cannot be a good person.
36. Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality. (ShawnAshmore)
With our personality and attitude is what we show to have more style, our personal style.
37. The character of a man is his faith. (Heraclitus)
Our character dictates how we face the adversities of life and how we recover from them.
38. Most personalities have been forced to be rebellious. Half of its strength has been lost to friction. (Oscar Wilde)
Being rebellious does not indicate that you have a strong character, most likely it is a kind of disguise for being weak in character and personality.
39. Times will change for the better when you change. (Maxwell Maltz)
Who we are and how we relate to society will dictate our success within it.
40. Most people who exercise a lot, especially those in competitive athletics, have optimistic and outgoing personalities. (Robert M. Sapolsky)
Sport strengthens us physically and mentally: mens sana in corpore sana. It is scientifically proven that sport helps us secrete hormones that help fight stress and frustration.
41. People are like the moon, they never show their true character, at least not everything. (Mark Twain)
We all have our dark areas of personality that we only show to those closest to us.
42. Your character is like that of your friends or enemies, except that it is yours. (Unknown author)
The character of each person is something unique and different from that of everyone else.
43. There are times when I am so different from myself that I could be taken for another person, of a totally opposite personality. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
We all have better days and worse days, our personality can vary according to our mood.
44. Character is what divides the people of the world into two great groups: those who rise up and those who bow down. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)
Our character determines how we will face our life, whether we will be fighters or submissive.
45. The knowledge of our past is essential for the establishment of our personality and our identity. (Haile Selassie)
The experiences we go through in life and how we solve them mark our current and future personality.
46. We must be careful not to make the intellect our god. It is of course a powerful muscle, but it has no personality. (Albert Einstein)
Intellect is not everything, you can be very intelligent and have a bad personality, our personality marks the person we are.
47. He who speaks of the character of others, is saying everything about his own character. (Unknown author)
Talking about someone behind their back indicates that we are weak in character and that we are afraid of the consequences of saying it to their face.
48. I maintain that a very marked personality can influence descendants for generations. (Beatrix Potter)
Our personality will be seen by our children and grandchildren as a benchmark of how they should be.
49. Bad people can be trusted, they will never change their character. (William Faulker)
Bad people are usually slaves to their character and personality, which is why they will always act the same way.
50. Your character will be what you choose to mold. (John Lubbok)
Our character can be controlled by our personality, we can soften or accentuate it according to our way of thinking.
51. Positive expectations are the mark of a superior personality. (Brian Tracey)
Being positive is an indicator of individuals with a strong personality and self-confidence.
52. Love is often nothing more than a favorable exchange between two people who receive the best part of what they can expect, considering their value in the personality market. (Erich Fromm)
Finding love goes through finding a person whose personality complements yours and between the two add more.
53. I want freedom for the full expression of my personality. (Mahatma Gandhi)
Being free to show our personality to others is true freedom of expression.
54. Character, like photography, reveals itself in the dark. In the darkness of our soul. (Yousuf Karsh)
Discovering the true character of a person is complicated, it is only revealed in the most complicated situations.
55. Prison makes you a better judge of people’s character, you learn to discern more quickly who is who? (Suge Knight)
In situations of deprivation of liberty we learn to judge people more quickly, because in those situations surrounding yourself with valuable people can be of vital importance to us.
56. Good or bad are very arbitrary words when it comes to evaluating character. (AnsonMount)
The character of a person has infinity of aspects: some negative and others positive, saying that someone is bad or good does not contemplate the totality of his character.
57. I am tired of defending my character. I am what I am. (Dana Plato)
We must be consistent with our character and with the person we are.
58. Many things can be developed in solitude, character is not one of them. (Stendhal)
Our character is forged with our experiences alone, but also with those we live with other people and how they relate to us.
59. If you want to discover the true character of a person, play golf with him. (G. Wodehouse)
When we practice a sport it is one of the moments where we bring out our authentic character the most.
60. No matter how far you go, your character will always keep you close to home. (Fran Drescher)
Our way of being, personality and character is a reflection of what we lived in our childhood and the experiences we had with our parents.
61. People’s state of mind is mainly determined by their genetic makeup and personality; secondly, because of its immediate context, and only thirdly and fourthly, because of worries, anxieties, and the like. (Daniel Kahnman)
Our personality dictates how we act in certain situations and what our mood will be before, during and after making a decision.
62. I use pieces of the personality of others to build my own. (Kurt Cobain)
Observing the personality of others and seeing what we like about them can also teach us what our personality should be like, many times we emulate those people we admire.
63. Personality is the most important thing for the success of an actress. (Mae West)
Our personality will be a very valuable asset in our professional career, it is an important factor that can catapult us very far.
64. The sign of a perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace. (Oscar Wilde)
Those people who are at peace with themselves and with the rest of society demonstrate a strong and stable personality.
65. The real ornament of the woman is her character, her purity. (Mahatma Gandhi)
Our way of being is what makes us more attractive, our character and personality can be much more attractive than anything else.
66. A vote is like a rifle, its use depends on the character of the user. (Theodore Roosevelt)
Our character can be an important factor when making our vote in elections.
67. All personality traits have their good side and their bad side. But for a long time, we’ve seen introversion only through its downside, and extroversion mostly through its upside. (Susan Caine)
Being extroverted people will normally be seen by the rest as a positive aspect of our personality, normally we tend to relate better to people who show their feelings and thoughts more.
68. Teaching is a noble profession that shapes the character and future of the individual. (APJ Abdul Kalam)
During our education it is a time where we learn to develop our character and how to relate to other people, as it is a stage of learning and personal growth.
69. The personality susceptible to the dream of unlimited freedom is also prone, if the dream turns sour, to misanthropy and rage. (Jonathan Franken)
People when we want to achieve very high goals can also be victims of anger and restlessness by not achieving them.
70. Sports do not build character. They reveal it. (Heywood Brown)
Indeed, in the practice of the exercise it is a situation where we show more of our character to others.
71. I believe in doing the right things, that is my character and my personality. (Gianluigi Buffon)
Our way of being will be what will guide us along the right or wrong path of life.
72. A critic should be taught to criticize a work of art, without making any reference to the author’s personality. (Oscar Wilde)
In works of art, what is often judged is the artist, not the work itself.
73. There can be no failure in a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self-respect or his confidence. (Orison Sweet Marden)
As long as we are consistent with who we are and how we act, what we do will always have been well done.
74. Show class, have pride, and show your character. (Paul Bryant)
Some good recommendations on how we should show ourselves to others.
75. The fact that a person chooses to express himself in an extreme way does not mean that he has an extreme personality. (Susane Colasanti)
Many times our actions are not linked to our personality, maybe we have decided to act that way to hide our shortcomings and weaknesses.
76. I think it is very important to design things with some kind of personality. (Marc Newton)
Personality is not only a human trait, when an object is different or unique, we also say that this object has a personality.
77. I dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by their character. (Martin Luther King)
We must judge our fellow men by their way of being, personality and character not by their physical appearance.
78. I probably have an obsessive personality, but the pursuit of perfection has served me well. (Tom Ford)
Our personality often leads us to have behaviors that can bring us success or failure.
79. The final construction of a person’s character is in his own hands. (Anne Franks)
In the end, our character is forged by experiences and how we approach them in our lives.
80. Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you are determined to follow, both in private and in public. (Epicurean)
We all aspire to become the best possible person, a person worthy of being emulated and loved by others.
To the classic question “what do you do?” I always answer “basically I am a psychologist”. In fact, my academic training has revolved around the psychology of development, education and community, a field of study influenced my volunteer activities, as well as my first work experiences in personal services.