Famous Quotes about Character (223 Quotations)

Before you advise anyone ''Be yourself!'' reassess his character.

Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

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.

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

Character development is the aim of education.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Character is a victory, not a gift.

Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.

Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

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

Character is like the foundation of a house — it is below the surface.

Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.