Character Quotes

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The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you… — Benjamin Haydon
Reputation is a reward, to be sure, but it is really the beginning, not the end of endeavor. It should not be the signal for… — Alvan Macauley
The only time you realize you have a reputation is when you're not living up to it. — Jose Iturbi
Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. — John Howe
On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak is the only prominent specific… — David Lack
Honestly, at one time I thought Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean, I wasn't born until 1961, and I grew… — Don Mattingly
In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies. — L. Sprague de Camp
Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges, and burdens. We… — Richard G. Scott
A test of a Christian's character is what he does after he comes to the blockade in the road and what his attitude is after… — Lester Roloff
Citizenship to me is more than a piece of paper. Citizenship is also about character. I am an American. We're just waiting for our country… — Jose Antonio Vargas
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise. — Seneca the Younger
The characters and events depicted in the damn bible are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. — James Madison
Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness... It is perhaps the most damnatory biography that exists in… — Mark Twain
It is clear that there must be difficulties for us in a revelation such as the Bible. If someone were to hand me a book… — Reuben Archer Torrey
Football doesn't build character, it reveals character. — Marv Levy
Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win. — Lionel Messi
There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks. — David Lloyd George
Every thing in human character goes to wreck, under the reign of procrastination, while prompt action gives to all things a corresponding and proportional life… — William Alcott
Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character. — Robert Foster Bennett
Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny. — Tryon Edwards

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