Quotes about Character

Who you spend time with is who you become.

[F]alsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.

You become like the people you spend the most time with.

There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time, on some point, that devil masters each of us... It is not having been in the Dark House, but having left it, that counts.

There's more time spent on teaching kids about recycling than on character development in the American schools.

Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us.

You only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true characters!

I want friends, not admirers. People who respect me for my character and my deeds, not my flattering smile. The circle around me would be much smaller, but what does that matter, as long as they're sincere?

Those who don't know will have to find out by experience that "a quiet conscience gives you strength!" Yours

Anyone who's so petty and pedantic at the age of fifty-four was born that way and is never going to change.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People

Peter was the ideal boy: tall, good-looking and slender, with a serious, quiet and intelligent face. He had dark hair, beautiful brown eyes, pale cheeks and a nicely pointed nose. I was crazy about his smile, which made him look so boyish and mischievous.