"Every man has three characters -- that which he
exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has." --
Alphonse Karr (1808-1890)
"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's." --
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)
"Underneath this
flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character." --
Oscar Levant
"A man's reputation is the opinion people have of him; his character is what he really is." --
Jack Miner
"During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological
revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the
individual or the ability to
think." --
Bernard M. Baruch
"Character is destiny." --
Heraclitus (504-475? BC)
"The
measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out." --
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859)
"Integrity has no need of rules." --
Albert Camus
"The discipline of
desire is the background of character." --
John Locke (1632-1704)
When some English moralists write about the importance of having character, they appear to mean only the importance of having a dull character." --
G. K. Chesterson
"Even polished
brass will pass upon more people than rough gold." --
Earl of Chesterfield
"The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government." --
Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865)
"
History is the record of an encounter between character and
circumstance." --
Donald Creighton
"No man knows of what stuff he is made until prosperity and ease try him." --
A. P. Gouthey
"No man knows his true character until he has run out of
gas, purchased something on the
installment plan and raised an adolescent." --
Mercelene Cox