Quotes

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
-Euripides

It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue.
-Sam Adams

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

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

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

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power, but character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions.
-Roger Babson

Do what you know and perception is converted into character.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
-Phillip Brooks

Character develops itself in the stream of life.
-Goethe

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
-Euripides

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

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

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

Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.
-P. B. Fitzwater

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.
-Anne Frank

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it, the tree is the real thing.
-Abraham Lincoln

To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.
-Mark Twain

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

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

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

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

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.
-Grenville Kleiser

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.
-Chinese proverb

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
-Chinese proverb

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

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
-Anonymous Author

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.
-Anonymous Author

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.
-Anonymous Author