Character Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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