Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes by making them the fruit of his character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men`s thoughts are much according to their inclination.
Francis Bacon
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
Thomas Paine
Character is destiny.
Heraclitus
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
Jean Paul Richter
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
Joseph Addison
The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.
Philip Chesterfield
The discipline of desire is the background of character.
John Locke
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.
Thomas Fuller
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Long engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other`s character before marriage, which is never advisable.
Oscar Wilde
Characters never change. Opinions alter, - characters are only developed.
Benjamin Disraeli
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
Hermann Hesse
Weakness of character is the only defect, which cannot be amended.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A fanatic is one who can`t change his mind and won`t change the subject.
Winston Churchill
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody`s power and is not easy.
Aristotle
No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.
Julius Caesar
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
Napoleon Hill
Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
Henry David Thoreau
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete.
Benjamin Disraeli
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Albert Einstein
Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
Novalis
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another`s.
Jean Paul Richter
I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year`s fashion.
Lillian Hellman
I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day.
Heinrich Heine
Talkers are no good doers.
William Shakespeare
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man`s character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
Nothing shows a man`s character more than what he laughs at.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One may smile, smile and be a villain.
William Shakespeare