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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as strong to think.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me.

—Dwight L. Moody

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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him or to him.

—Thomas Edison

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The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

—Samuel Butler

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Character is what a man is in the dark.

—Dwight L. Moody

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Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.

—Cavett Robert

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If one doesn't have a character like Abraham Lincoln or Joan of Arc, a diet simply disintegrates into eating exactly what you want to eat, but with a bad conscience.

—Maria Augusta Trapp

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The maxims of men reveal their characters.

—Luc de Clapiers

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If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character…would you slow down? Or speed up?

—Chuck Palahniuk in Invisible Monsters

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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

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Will is the means by which we overcome the problems that life or genes have handed us. Without it, there is no true character.

—Jacob Needleman

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While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.

—Tom Allen

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

—Abraham Lincoln

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A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

—Herbert Read

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Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose.

—Evan Esar

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