You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

—Japanese proverb

Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare..

—Japanese proverb

Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.

—Japanese proverb

One kind word can warm three winter months.

—Japanese proverb

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

—Japanese proverb

The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

—James A. Froude

A man's character is his fate.

—Hermann Hesse

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

—Heraclitus

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

—Henry Clay

Our character… is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

—Helen Keller