Perfection of means and confusion of ends seems to characterize our age.
Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those who despair to rise in distinction by their virtues, are happy if others can be depressed to a level of themselves.
In all the affairs of life, social as well as political, courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest to the grateful and appreciating heart.
In making up the character of God, the old theologians failed to mention that He is of infinite cheerfulness. The omission has caused the world much tribulation.
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call 'free will' is your mind's freedom to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom, the choice that controls all the choices you make and determines your life and your character.
Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.
Character consists of what you do on the third and forth tries.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.