Judge of your natural character by what you do in dreams.
Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.
Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
Look, we're all the same; a man is a fourteen-room house –in the bedroom he's asleep with his intelligent wife, in the living-room he's rolling around with some bareass girl, in the library he's paying his taxes, in the yard he's raising tomatoes, and in the cellar he's making a bomb to blow it all up.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Man's character is his fate.
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.
My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.
No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character is a child.
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.
Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.
Nothing endures but personal qualities.
Nothing marks the character of a young man more than failure.
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.
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