Quotes about Character

"There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying."
-- Colin Hay

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

"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."
-- Francis Bacon

"Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at."
-- Goethe

"A man's reputation is what other people think of him; his character is what he really is."
-- Jack Miner

"Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades."
-- Jacqueline Bisset

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

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be."
-- Kurt Vonnegut

"Character must be kept bright as well as clean."
-- Lord Chesterfield

"A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world."
-- Manly Hall

"Character development is the aim of education."
-- OShea

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

"When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them."
-- Plato

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

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

"Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue."
-- St. Evermond

"Character is much easier kept than recovered."
-- Thomas Paine