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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.
-African Proverb
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If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.
-Chinese Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
-Chinese Proverb
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Sow a thought and you reap an action;
sow an act and you reap a habit;
sow a habit and you reap a character;
sow a character and you reap a destiny.
Among the many attributions found for this: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Andre Maurois, Charles Reade, Buddist Proverb, Samuel Smiles, James Allen, George D. Boardman, and Francis E. Willard
-Anon.
attributed to various sources
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An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life:
A fight is going on inside me, he said to the boy. It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too.
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather,Which wolf will win?
The old Cherokee simply replied, The one you feed.
-American Indian Proverb
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If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.
-Proverb
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One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.
-Proverb
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Some people are born hammers, others anvils.
-Proverb
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A rich man has no need of character.
-Proverb
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The highest qualities of character must be earned.
-Lyman Abbott
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the highest qualities of character must be earned.
-Lyman Abbott
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Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing.
-Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg) Acton
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Character is the salesperson
-George M. Adams
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
-Aeschylus
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Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.
-Akhenaton
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Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou
-Akhenaton
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It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
-Henri Frederic Amiel
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Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
-Thomas Aquinas
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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.
-Aristotle
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
-Aristotle
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My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.
-Earl of Arran
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The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
-Fred Astaire
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If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.
-John Atkinson
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Perfection of character consists in this; living each day as if it were the last, and spending each moment in peace.
-Marcus Aurelius
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When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
-Decimus Magnus Ausonius
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Books about Character
