Quotes about Character

No change in circumstances can repair a defect of character.

A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will come out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping, we are becoming.

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

The Gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something ... That which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.

Happy will the house be in which the relationships are formed from character.

There is no privacy that cannot be penetrated. No secret can be kept in the civilized world. Society is a masked ball where everyone hides his real character, then reveals it by hiding

Character is that which can do without success.

Do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself.

A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss.

The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.