Character Quotes

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.

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.

There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity. I recognize that I am made up of several persons and the person which at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real me? All of them, or none?

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

You’ll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn’t worth the toil.

A handsome person, with perverted will, is a fine craft that’s handled without skill.

The goal of evolution is self – conquest.

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

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

If men could only know each other, they would never either idolize or hate.