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Character is a victory, not a gift.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.

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

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.

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.

Character is what you are in the dark.

What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Man's character is his fate.