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.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.
I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.
Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.
Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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.
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
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