Character Quotes

I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.

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

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

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 cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

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

Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

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

Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.