They say best men are molded out of faults; and, for the most become much more the better for being a little bad. (Measure for Measure)
Character Quotes
Well, then, if hawks have always had the same character, what makes you think men have changed theirs?
Character is what a man is in the dark. Character is simply habit long continued.
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven. (All’s Well That Ends Well)
Character is power.
The fate of all extremes is such: men may be read, as well as books, too much.
Character is an essential tendency. It can be covered up, it can be messed with, it can be screwed around with, but it can’t be ultimately changed. It’s the structure of our bones, the blood that runs through our veins.
I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.
It is safest to be moderately base – to be flexible in shame and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue.
