“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
“Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.”
“Your words and actions must match to build your character. Any gap in those will put a dent in your credibility. Be a man of your words.”
“You have to descend to the valley of humility to climb to heights of character.”
“Skills can be trained, character is inbred.”
“There was a saying that a man s true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory.”
“Choices determine character.”
“To weaken the body, remove blood. To weaken the character, remove struggle.”
“It’s not what you have, but who you are that counts.”
“Your moral foundation and character currently depend on what you hear.”
“In the formative present, you are becoming who you will be in the future.”
“Intoxication reveals the true nature of the psyche, but not the soul.”
“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”
“Your reputation is in the hands of others. That s what the reputation is. You can t control that. The only thing you can control is your character.”
“I suppose there is a certain crucial interval in everyone s life when character is fixed forever.”
“I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little yielding— certainly too little for the convenience of the world. I cannot forget the follies and vices of other so soon as I ought, nor their offenses against myself. My feelings are not puffed about with every attempt to move them. My temper would perhaps be called resentful. My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.”
“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.”