Saturday, February 9, 2008

10 Short Quotes about Character

1. Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. ~ Abraham Lincoln

2. Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open. ~ Elmer G. Letterman

3. In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it. ~ Francis Thompson

4. A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. ~ Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

5. People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. ~ Hermann Hesse

6. When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~ Japanese Proverb

7. Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

8. One can acquire everything in solitude - except character. ~ Marie Henri Beyle

9. People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

10. 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 Ewing