Character

"Through your rags I see your vanity."

"Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters."

"Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."

"You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence"

"It is better to be alone than in bad company."

"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."

"I try to put all those positive things into a regular human character, which is myself."

"A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values."

"In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action."

"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."

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."