Character Quotes

Character is destiny.

A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; – read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.

Character is not made in crisis it’s only exhibited.

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the full light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your […]

Human character evermore publishes itself. You think, because you have spoken nothing when others spoke, and have given no opinion on the times, on the church, on slavery, on marriage, on socialism, on secret societies, on the college, on parties and persons, that your verdict is still expected with curiosity as a reserved wisdom. Far […]

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

A person’s character is what it is. It’s a little like a marriage – only without the option of divorce. You can work on it and try to make it better, but basically you have to take the bitter with the sweet.

A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.

All of your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be vain if at the same time you did not build your character and attain mastery over your thoughts and your actions.

It cannot be said that by common experience the character of most people indicted by a grand jury is good.