All MARCUS AURELIUS Quotes about “Character”

“Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.”
“To live each day as though one's last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing - here is the perfection of character.”
“Remember this - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.”
“Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie.”
“Your task is to stand straight; not to be held straight.”
“I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.”
“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”
“As for others whose lives are not so ordered, he reminds himself constantly of the characters they exhibit daily and nightly at home and abroad, and of the sort of society they frequent; and the approval of such men, who do not even stand well in their own eyes, has no value for him.”
“The perfection of moral character consists in this, in passing every day as the last, and in being neither violently excited nor torpid nor playing the hypocrite.”
“Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts.”
“This is the mark of a perfect character - to pass through each day as though it were the last, without agitation, without torpor, and without pretense.”

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