One must keep one’s character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can’t, then assume one. From the code of moals I have been following and revising and revising for years I remember one detail. All my life I have been honest- comparatively honest. I could never use money I had not […]
Character Quotes
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am.
There is a good side and a bad side to most people, and in accordance with your own character and disposition you will bring out one of them and the other will remain a sealed book to you.
Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.
With red hair, a black face, a cloven foot, and blear eyes, you show the world a prodigy, Zoilus, if you are an honest man.
The true test of character is to deal with others kindly from one day to the next. It is not so difficult to rise to the best of one’s being when matters of great moment are at stake. It is very difficult indeed to rise each morning with a kind heart.
Your face is black, your hair like flame, And one eye’s damaged, one foot lame: If, still, you’re quite decent chap – Well tis a feather in your cap.
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.
