Character Quotes Famous Character Sayings

But rules cannot substitute for character. — Alan Greenspan, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (b. 1926)
Character is what you are in the dark. — Unknown
Another man's soul is darkness. — Russian proverb
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. — Albert Einstein, Swiss-American mathematician, physicist and public philosopher (1879-1955)
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. — Theodore Roosevelt, American adventurer and 26th president (1858-1919)
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character. -- Stephen Covey
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character. -- Tony Robbins
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. -- Albert Einstein
Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. -- Abigail Van Buren:
The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back. -- Abraham Lincoln:
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), Lincoln's Own Stories
Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him. Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established. Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. -- Dale Carnegie
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -- Helen Keller GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799)
"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." JOHN ADAMS (1735-1826)
The people "have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge-- I mean of the character and conduct of their rulers." DWIGHT EISENHOWER (1890-1969)
The qualities of a great man are "vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character."