The significance of studying national character is essential, because it impacts on how people interact with each other, behavioral actions, attitude towards different things. Learning national character opens the door to the moral-spiritual world of a nation, so by going in depth of a nation‟s soul you can avoid cultural misunderstanding. One of the sources of national identity of a nation is proverbs and sayings. Proverbs carry indelible trace of national character, genius, wit and spirit of a nation therefore, in every proverb we can see the image of folk who created these proverbs. In the article by means of proverbs, features of Uzbek national character which appeared on the basis of immortal and tenacious Uzbek values are defined and elucidated. According to author such traits as collectivism, generosity, mercifulness, hospitality, discretion and love for children pertain to the nature of Uzbek ethnic group. Apart from it, author discusses reasons for formation such kind of formidable personality traits in Uzbeks.