Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
Action is character.
As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes.
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.
What doesn't kill you makes you smaller
I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have-life itself.
Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits.
If you don't have enemies, you don't have character.
I don't build character. I eliminate the people who don't have it.
A man's reaction to his appetites and impulses when they are roused gives the measure of that man's character. In these reactions are revealed the man's power to govern or his forced servility to yield.
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.
A man's character is his fate.
No man can always be right. So the struggle is to do one's best, to keep the brain and conscience clear, never be swayed by unworthy motives or inconsequential reasons, but to strive to unearth the basic factors involved, then do one's duty.
The world may take your reputation from you, but it cannot take your character.
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