"Every man has three characters . . .
that which he exhibits, that which he has,
and that which he thinks he has."
-Alphonse Karr

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

"Character is not made
in a crisis . . .
it is only exhibited."
-Robert Freeman

"What you are thunders
so that I cannot hear
what you say to the contrary."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You must look into people,
as well as at them."
-Lord Chesterfield

"Let us not say, every man is
the architect of his own fortune;
but let us say, every man is
the architect of his own character."
-George Dana Boardman

"There is no such thing as a "self-made" man.
We are made up of thousands of others.
Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us,
or spoken one word of encouragement to us,
has entered into the make-up of our character
and of our thoughts, as well as our success."
-George Matthew Adams