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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. (Quote by - Mark Twain)

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. (Quote by - Theodore Roosevelt )

The great hope of society is individual character. (Quote by - William Ellery Channing)

Sow a thought, reap an act; Sow an act, reap a habit; Sow a habit, reap a character; Sow a character, reap adestiny. (Quote by - Anon xxxx)

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. (Quote by - James D. Miles)

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character. (Quote by - Marie Henri Beyle)

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character. (Quote by - George Santayana)

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before h s born. (Quote by - William R. Inge)

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character. (Quote by - Dwight Eisenhower)

Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms; Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms. (Quote by - James Beattie)

I do not like assassins, or men of low character. (Quote by - Gene Hackman)

Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that part which soars toward heaven, the turrets and the spires, forever incomplete. (Quote by - Henry Ward Beecher)

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and ;Independence. (Quote by - Edward Rickenbacker)

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them. (Quote by - Xun Zi)

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him. (Quote by - William Carleton)

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. (Quote by - Marcus Aurelius)

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character. (Quote by - Arthur Schopenhauer)

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. (Quote by - Confucius)

I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do. (Quote by - Meryl Streep)

Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground. (Quote by - Frank Lloyd Wright )

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing. (Quote by - Francis Bacon )

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character. (Quote by - Arnold Palmer)

Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the word, anytime you let her rip. (Quote by - Henry Miller)

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. (Quote by - Baruch Spinoza)

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