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Character Quotes
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.
When all is said and done, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, someting is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
Nearly all men can stand adversity. But if you want to test a man's character - give him power.
Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.
Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and the angels know of us.
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world
Character is doing the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay. When it comes to character, you donít have to be sick to get better. Itís easier for a good person to get better than for a bad person to get good.
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.
Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end in itself, but must be directed to the development of resolute Christian character.
Courage is the dividing line between weakness and strength of character.
The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.
Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man, which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he converses with, and ruins the character he is so industrious to advance by it.
Suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope
If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the business.
Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow
The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
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