Character Quotes Slideshow

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Do what you know and perception is converted into character.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
-Henry David Thoreau

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
-James A. Michener

A man's reputation is what other people think of him, his character is what he really is.
-Anonymous Author

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
-Phillip Brooks

Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.
-Anonymous Author

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue.
-Sam Adams

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
-Faith Baldwin

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

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

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

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

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
-Chinese proverb

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.
-Chinese proverb

Character develops itself in the stream of life.
-Goethe

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

Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.
-P. B. Fitzwater

You cannot dream yourself into a character, you must hammer and forge yourself one.
-Anonymous Author

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
-Euripides

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

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

Character is power, it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.
-John Howe

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

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession 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.
-Anonymous Author

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
-Anonymous Author

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