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"A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only he himself can damage that. His reputations what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity" »John Ballantine Gough
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"Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow." »Elias Boudinot
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"Everyone tries to define this thing called character. It's not hard. character is doing what's right when nobody's looking." »J. C. Watts
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"We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is the silent poor indeed." »Henry David Thoreau
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"May God save any country to remain in a position to choose between a genius of bad character and a stupid of good character, because both will bring disaster to that country!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Knowledge is essential to conquest only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment." »Anne Besant
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"Knowledge is essential to conquest; only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment." »Anne Besant
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"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
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"I was going to sue for defamation of character, but then I realised I have no character." »Charles Barkley, "they said it" in Sports Illustrated
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"It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one but the success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest better lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune..." »Samuel Smiles
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"It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest; better to lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune." »Samuel Smiles
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"Misanthropy ariseth from a man trusting another without having sufficient knowledge of his character, and, thinking him to be truthful, sincere, and honourable, finds a little afterwards that he is wicked, faithless, and then he meets with another of the same character. When a man experiences this often, and more particularly from those whom he considered his most dear and best friends, at last, having frequently made a slip, he hates the whole world, and thinks that there is nothing sound at all in any of them." »Plato
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"Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny." »Tyron Edwards
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"Thoughts lead on to purposes purposes go forth in action actions form habits habits decide character and character fixes our destiny." »Tryon Edwards
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"character is the foundation stone upon which one must build to win respect. Just as no worthy building can be erected on a weak foundation, so no lasting reputation worthy of respect can be built on a weak character." »R. C. Samsel
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"Knowledge produces mildness of speech; mildness of speech, a good character; a good character, wealth; wealth, if virtuous actions attend it, happiness." »The Hitopadesa
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"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." »John Wooden
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"Here is an artificial city which has been pumped up under forced draught, inflated like a balloon, stuffed with rural humanity like a goose with corn...endeavoring to eat up this too rapid avalanche of anthropoids, the sunshine metropolis heaves and strains, sweats and becomes pop-eyed, like a young boa constrictor trying to swallow a goat. It has never imparted an urban character to its incoming population for the simple reason that it has never had any character to impart. On the other hand, the place has the manners, culture and general outlook of a huge country village." »Morrow Mayo
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"Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable." »Anonymous
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"Sow and act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap destiny." »Frances E. Willard
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"Sow an act...reap a habit Sow a habit...reap a character Sow a character...reap a destiny." »George Dana Boardman
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"Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny." »Charles Reade
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"character is who you are when no one is looking." »Allan Williams
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"character is what you are when no one is looking." »Unknown
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"Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking." »H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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"Being another character is more interesting than being yourself." »Sir John Gielgud
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""Character is something you do when no one else is watching."" »Tom Zegan
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"character is what can do without success." »Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"character is what you are in the dark." »Dwight Lyman Moody
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"The character of a man is known from his conversations." »Menander
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