Quite the Character

"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." - John Wooden

"To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or principle." - Confucius

"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost." - Unknown

"Character is much eaiser kept than recovered." - Thomas Paine

"Character is like a tree and reputation is like a shadow, the shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." - Abraham Lincoln

"Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom." - Sri Swami Sivananda

"Character is who you are when no one is watching." - Unknown

"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." - George Washington

"Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value." - Albert Einstein

"Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece -- by thought, choice, courage, and determination." - H. Jackson Brown

"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one." - James A. Froude

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

"The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character." - Margaret Chase Smith

"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do." - John Holt

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

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all." - Sam Ewig

"You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise." - Seneca

"Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath." - Solon

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

"Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward." - Dr Laura Schlessinger

"To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give." - W Somerset Maugham

"Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy." - Norman Schwarzkopf

"It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character." - Dr Dale E Turner

Life's lessons

"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon--instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today." - Andrew Carnegie

"Success is following the pattern of life one enjoys most." - Al Capp

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill

"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." - Thomas Carlyle

"There is more to life than increasing its speed." - Gandhi

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on." - Robert Lee Frost

"Life is the sum of all your choices." - Albert Camus

"It is not length of life, but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

"To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice." - Kahlil Gibran

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." - Confucius