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Quotes about Character

Character is the result of two things, mental attitude, and the way we spend our time. It is what we think and what we do that make us what we are. By
— Elbert Hubbard
I think somehow we learn who we really are and then we live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are the sum total of all the choices we have made.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Occasionally he took us on a picnic or a camping trip and taught us many valuable lessons. The chief one was to remember that camping was a good way to find out people's characters. Those who were selfish showed it very soon, in that they wanted the best bed or the best food and did not want to do their share of the work.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
— Aristotle
Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.
— Aristotle