It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.
Character Quotes
It is safest to be moderately base – to be flexible in shame and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue.
Dad: Bug bites build character. Calvin: Yeah, and last year you said diarrhea builds character. Dad: So think what a fine young man you’re growing up to be. Calvin: If all this character doesn’t kill me first. (“Calvin and Hobbes”)
You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jelly beans.
A nice person is neither too tall nor to short, looks clean and cheerful, has no prominent features, makes no difficulties, is never displaced, sits bodkin, is never foolishly affronted, and is void of affectations… A nice person is clear of trumpery little passions, acknowledges superiority, delights in talents, shelters humility, pardons adversity, forgives deficiency, […]
Calvin: Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it. (“Calvin and Hobbes”)
Character is a word that seems to define almost all human activity and then some.
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
Calvin: Without question, that was one of the worst experiences of my life. Dad: It built character. Calvin: Oh sure. Why can’t I ever build character at a Miami condo or a casino somewhere? (“Calvin and Hobbes”)
All leaders must face some crisis where their own strength of character is the enemy.
