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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our character.

It is not enough to have great qualities; we should also have the management of them.

By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: simplicity and purity.

I have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it comes upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: "This is the real me!

Character is power. It makes friends, draws patronage and support, and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.

If a person has built a sound character, it makes but little difference what people say about him, because he will win in the end.

Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.

Don't tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I'll tell you what they are.

Parents can only give good advice or put [their children] on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.

No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character in a child.