Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.  William Ellery Channing quotes Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself. Charles de Gaulle quotes Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing: I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside me. Abraham Lincoln quotes It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. Aeschylus quotes Long engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which is never advisable. Oscar Wilde quotes It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. William James quotes No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may retain entirely unaffected for the better. William James quotes The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically... Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes I sincerely… believe… in the general existence of moral instinct. I think it the brightest gem with which the human character is studded, and the want of it as more degrading than the most hideous of the bodily deformities. Thomas Jefferson quotes Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. Tryon Edwards quotes | 
