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- Character is much easier kept than recovered.
- Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
- Character is the foundation stone upon which one must build to win respect. Just as no worthy building can be erected on a weak foundation, so no lasting reputation worthy of respect can be built on a weak character.
- R. C. Samsel
- It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest; better to lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune.
- Samuel Smiles
- We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is the silent poor indeed.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- Nothing endures but personal qualities.
- Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
- If you don't like your own character there may be a new one ready-made and waiting for you. The snake sheds its skin with impunity, relying on the same nature which you rely on.
- Author Unknown
- The test of any man's character is how he takes praise.
- Author Unknown
- Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted
- Author Unknown
- You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character.
- Author Unknown
- A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
- Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
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