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Famous Quotes about Character
 A man who lives through conscience becomes hard. A man who lives through consciousness remains soft. Why?--because a man who has some ideas about how to live, naturally becomes hard. He has continuously to carry his character around himself. That character is like an armor; his protection, his security; his whole life is invested in that character. And he always reacts to situations through the character, not directly. If you ask him a question, his answer is ready-made. That is the sign of a hard person--he is dull, stupid, mechanical. He may be a good computer, but he is not a man. You do something and he reacts in a well- established way. His reaction is predictable; he is a robot. The real man acts spontaneously. If you ask him a question, your question gets a response, not a reaction. He opens his heart to your question, exposes himself to your question, responds to it.... 
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbors.
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.
Character is what you are in the dark
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
If any sensible person thinks deeply, he will respect justice. There is an inborn appreciation and respect for justice within our human body. In children, we find what is natural to be the human character. But as they grow up, they develop a lot of conditioning and wrong attitudes. I often feel there is more truthfulness in a small child and I find reasons to have confidence in human courage and human nature.
If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
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