Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
- Anne Frank
By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.
- Grenville Kleiser
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
- Euripides
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
- Goethe
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it, the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.
- Chinese proverb
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue.
- Sam Adams
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
- Euripides
To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.
- Mark Twain
Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
- Chinese proverb
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.
- George D. Boardman
Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
- James A. Michener
The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
- Margaret Chase Smith
A man's reputation is what other people think of him, his character is what he really is.
- Unknown
Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
- Henry David Thoreau
Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
- Unknown
You cannot dream yourself into a character, you must hammer and forge yourself one.
- Unknown
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
- Faith Baldwin
Character is power, it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.
- John Howe
There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power, but character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions.
- Roger Babson
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.
- Unknown
Do what you know and perception is converted into character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.
- P. B. Fitzwater
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.
- Unknown
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
- Phillip Brooks
