Character Quotes

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

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

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

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

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

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

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

People show their character by what they laugh at.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

The role of an actor is to make every character believable.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones.

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles.

You can best teach character on the playing field, using sports to teach life lessons.

Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.