Character Quote by Charles W. Colson

“We cannot control our circumstances, but we can control our character.”

— Patrick Morley

“Character, not circumstance, makes the person.”

— Booker T. Washington

“Very few people are able to discount the effect of circumstances upon their own characters.”

— Bertrand Russell

“Every circumstance gives us a chance to develop our character.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“What we decide to do in the face of adversity is perhaps the truest measure of character.”

— Ian Usher

“We cannot choose our circumstances, but we can choose how we handle them.”

— Markus Pappa

“circumstances determine our lives, but we shape our lives by what we make of our circumstances.”

— Sir John Wheeler-Bennet

“Character is developed out of the choices that we make each day.”

— Sharlene Simone Alexander

“Oftentimes in life, we can only determine our actions; not the outcome.”

— David P. Ingerson

“Struggle shapes our character. And character dictates what we will become.”

— Jeff Goins

“You express the truth of your character with the choice of your actions.”

— Steve Maraboli

“The telling of any character is what they do in a different situation.”

— Sara Sheridan