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Higher than intellect

Character is higher than intellect. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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To test a man’s character

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln

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The character of an honest man

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. George Washington

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Our character

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown

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Reputation is character

Reputation is character minus what you’ve been caught doing. Michael Iapoce, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Boardroom

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Every little action of the common day

I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the house-tops. Oscar Wilde

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Great deal of self-will

There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character. Frederick W. Faber

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Diversity of character

In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale.  Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. Ambrose Bierce

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Persons with weight of character

Persons with weight of character carry, like planets, their atmospheres along with them in their orbits. Thomas Hardy

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Character is doing the right thing

Character is doing the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay. Michael Josephson whatwillmatter.com

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