Quotes
Quotes about Character
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.
There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts.
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.
There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.
All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the business.
The play bill which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.
Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
The end and aim of all education is the development of character.
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.
Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.
Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.
A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it.
