Character Quotes
"The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out."
-Macaulay (writer)
"CHARACTER is much easier kept than recovered."
-Thomas Paine-
-Pres. Ezra Taft Benson-
-President Ezra Taft Benson-
"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge one for yourself."
-James Froud-
-Abraham Lincoln-
"What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself."
-Thomas Sprat-
"We are poor in character when we think getting by is a substitute for doing our best."
-Marvin J. Ashton, BYU Devotional-
"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
~Japanese Proverb~
Phillips Brooks
Kevin M. Harrison, Priest, Dover Ward (Church News, May 9, 1998, p. 10
Rudger Clawson, C.R. 4/07:32
"Character is what you are in the dark."
Dwight L. Moody
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you."
Henry Ward Beecher
Malcolm Forbes
"A good reputation is more valuable than money."
Publilius Syrus, God's Little Devotional for Graduates, p. 200
"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's."
Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do."
Andrew Carnegie
"Be Yourself----but your Best Self."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness."
Faith Baldwin
"Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones."
"Choose the reputation you want, then live up to it."
Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968), American memoirist, lecturer
"Character is a victory--not a gift."
(Henry Clay {1777-1852}{The Great Compromise} American Politician)
"Personality has the power to open many doors; but character must keep them open."
"Character may be manifested in the great moments, but is is made in the small ones."
"Phillips Brooks (1835-93) American Episcopal Bishop, wrote "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
"Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize."
"We can never really change someone; people must change themselves."
Stephen R. Covey