Character Quotes - Quotes about Character

"Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking."

"To measure the man, measure his heart."

"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."

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

"It's good to shut up sometimes."

"Character is like a tree and reputation like its 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."

"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."

"A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents."

"Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable."

"I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself."