More quotations tagged with “character”
Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.
—Elihu Burritt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
—Eleanor Roosevelt
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
—Elbert Hubbard
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.
—Confucius
Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.
—Cicero