Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions.
~ Roger Babson

The highest qualities of characterą must be earned.
~ Lyman Abbott

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
~ Aeschylus

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou
~ Akhenaton

Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.
~ Akhenaton

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.
~ Maya Angelou

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
~ St. Thomas Aquinas

Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.
~ Aristotle

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
~ Aristotle

My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.
~ Earl of Arran

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
~ Fred Astaire

If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.
~ John Atkinson

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
~ Decimus Magnus Ausonius

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
~ Faith Baldwin

During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
~ Bernard M. Baruch

A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
~ Henry Ward Beecher

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]
~ Bible

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.
~ Jacqueline Bisset

Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.
~ George D. Boardman