Character

(See also Commitment, Determination, Effort, SelfEvaluate )

 Character is what you are in the dark.
Dwight L. Moody

 The force of character is cumulative.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today will curse tomorrow, only one thing endures...character.
Horace Greeley

 Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
Woodrow Wilson

 The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knowe he would never be found out.
Lord Maccaulay

 Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self-respect springs.
Joan Didion

 Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.
Anonymous

 Sow an act, and you reap a habit.
Sow a habit, and you reap a character.
Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
Charles Reade

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
Elbert Hubbard

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
H. Jackson Browne

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

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.
Helen Keller

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
W. Somerset Maugham

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
John Holt

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.
Ken Keys