You, my lord, are a judge; I am the supposed culprit. I am a man; you are a man also. By a revolution of power we might change places, though we could never change characters.
Character Quotes
Intellectual activity is a danger to the building of character.
You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.
In my opinion the best character is generally that which is least talked about.
A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only he himself can damage that. His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character […]
Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there.
Character is a stamp of good repute on a person.
Our opinion of people depends less upon what we see in them, than upon what they make us see in ourselves.
What a man’s mind can create, man’s character can control.
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all; only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
