Character Quotes

A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be believed.

The great hope of society is in individual character.

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Character must be kept bright, as well as clean.

The tragedy of a man who has found himself out.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

Character is a diamond that scratches every other stone.

Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest sometimes wisely.

Public officers, whose character and conduct remain open to debate and free discussion in the press, find their remedies for false accusations in… libel laws… and not in proceedings to restrain the publication of newspapers.

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.