Famous Quotes About Character

* A persons character is but half formed until after wedlock.
C. Simmons

* You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
James D. Miles

* Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
Theodore Roosevelt

* Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln

* Character is not made in a crisis it is only exhibited.
Robert Freeman

* Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.
Helen Adams Keller

* Character is made by what you stand for; reputation by what you fall for.
Robert Quillen

* The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
John Dewey

* The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he’s born.
William R. Inge

* Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Albert Einstein

* Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us man hood or womanhood fibre.
Dr. Frank Crane

*You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.
Ronald Reagan

* Reputation is the shell a man discards when he leaves life for immortality. His character he takes with him.
Anonymous

* Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, and only character endures.
Horace Greeley

* Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain

* Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.
Helen Adams Keller

* Character is made by what you stand for; reputation by what you fall for.
Robert Quillen

* The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
John Dewey

* The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he’s born.
William R. Inge

* Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Albert Einstein

* Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us man hood or womanhood fibre.
Dr. Frank Crane

*You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.
Ronald Reagan

* Character is a subtle thing. Its sources are obscure, its roots delicate and invisible. We know it when we see it and it always commands our admiration, and the absence of it our pity; but it is largely a matter of will.
Leo J. Muir

* If it ever came to a choice between compromising my moral principles and the performance of my duties, I know I'd go with my moral principles.
Anonymous

* Man is not the sum of what he has but the totality of what he does not yet have, of what he might have.
Jean-Paul Sartre

* In thy face I see The map of honour, truth, and loyalty
William Shakespeare

* It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.
Herbert Samuel

* Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Abraham Lincoln

* Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
Arthur Schopenhauerv

* What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

* Character is the foundation stone upon which one must build to win respect. Just as no worthy building can be erected on a weak foundation, so no lasting reputation worthy of respect can be built on a weak character.
R.C. Samsel 

* The time is always right to do what is right.
Martin Luther King Jr.

* Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders...Make the fault easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest.
Dale Carnegie

* Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Oprah Winfrey

* You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.
Ronald Wilson Reagan

* He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.
Leonardo da Vinci