When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece - by thought, choice, courage, and determination.
Character is the moral strength to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
I lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican,' but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't feel right when I'm thin.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.
I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
You can get everything money will buy without a lick of character, but you can't get any of the things money won't buy: happiness, joy, peace of mind, winning relationships, etc., without character.
I admire men of character and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal with their subordinates. And that, to me, is where you find out what the character of a man is.
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.
Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.
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