Character is not made in a crisis; it is only exhibited.
The best way to be somebody is just be yourself.
A good man, like a bouncing ball, springs ever upward from a fall.
Big people are those who make us feel bigger when we are with them.
God allows U-turns.
How a man plays the game shows something of his character; how he loses shows all of it.
Reputation is for time; character is for eternity
Christianity isn’t worth the snap of your finger if it doesn’t straighten out your character.
So live that when people speak evil of you, no one will believe it.
Must may be known of man’s character by what excites his laughter.
A man’s character is like a fence; it cannot be strengthened by whitewash.
It is better to be short of cash than to be short of character.
A broken character doesn’t kill easily.
A reputation once broken may possibly to repaired, but the world will always keep its eye on the spot where the crack was.
When we die, we leave behind us all we have and take with us all we are.
Character is what you are when no one is watching.
Character is like a tree and reputation is like its shadow–the shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
One may be better than his reputation, but never better than his principles.
Character is easier kept than recovered.
Good character is like good soup–it is usually homemade.
To change one’s character, we must begin at the control–the center of the heart.
Reputation is the other fellow’s idea of character.
A bad reputation is the easiest thing to get but the most difficult to get rid of.
God will use even the mistakes of those in authority over us to achieve His character in us.
Don’t be a character–have it!
Reputation is what men think you are–character is what God knows you are.
Thoughts become actions; actions become character; and character determines our destiny.
Be what you wish others to become.
Reputation is what you are in the home; character is what you are on the highway.
Reputation is precious–character is priceless.
Resolved: Never to do anything that I should be afraid to do it it were the last hour of my life.
What you are determines what you do.
Your life is what your thoughts make it.
Character is one thing we build in this world that we carry into the next.
Character is the total of thousands of small daily strivings.
Too often in prayer we ask for a change in circumstances rather than in our character.
I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie out of it.
The best measure of a man’s mentality is the importance of the things he will argue about.
A beautiful heart seems to transform the homeliest face.
Reputation is what people say about you on your tombstone–character is what God has written about you in His books.
You can no more blame circumstances for your character than the mirror for your appearance.
It is all right to spend money to make character; it is wrong to spend character to make money.
What you are when you are not trying to be anything is the supreme test of what you really are.
No man’s character is better than his word.
Your character is built on what you stand for–your reputation on what you fall for.
The company we choose is always an index of our character.
Only you can change or damage your character.
Good will, like a good name, is achieved by many actions and lost by one.
A bad disposition has lost many a good position.
Character is developed by two small words–yes and no.
Character is like a window glass–even a little crack shows all the way through.
I am three persons: the person others think I am; the person I think I am; and the person God knows I am.
Character is like the foundation of a house–it is beneath the surface.
It isn’t your position that makes you happy or unhappy; it is your disposition.
Character is revealed by your actions in an unguarded moment.
A person’s reputation is precious, but a person’s character is priceless.
Our present choices determine our permanent character.
If you want to get a true estimate of a man, observe what he does when he had nothing to do.
A well-rounded character is square in all his doings.
Three essentials: a faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.
Some people are so busy being good they forget they should be doing good.
The need is not for more worship but to change one’s lifestyle.
Your words may hide your thoughts, but your actions will reveal them.
The greatest treasure one may possess is good character.
A good test of a person’s character is seen in his behavior when he is wrong.
Measure a person’s character by how he treats those who can do him no good and how he treats those who can’t fight back.
Character is the sum total of what a man is after he has won all, and it is the sole thing left after he has lost all.
Character is not an inheritance; each person must build it for himself.
When some people aren’t acting like themselves, it’s an improvement.
What lies behind you and ahead of you is not as important as what lies within you!
Glory is the shadow of virtue.