Character

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no other is and to do what no other can do.

-  Channing

The foundations of character are built not by lecture, but by bricks of good example, laid day by day.

- Leo Blessing

When we see men of worth, we should think of becoming like them; when we see men of contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves.

- Confucius

To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often.

- Winston Churchill

Ability will enable a man to get to the top but character is the only thing that keeps him from falling off.

-  Anonymous

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

- Thomas Paine

The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

- Oscar Wilde

In the end it is up to the man what he becomes and none of those other things matters.  It is character that counts.

-  Loius L’Amour