No one is ignorant that our character and turn of mind are intimately connected with the water-closet.

Character begins to form at the first pinch of anxiety about ourselves.

History is made at night. Character is what you are in the dark.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which his nation and the spirit of his nation affect the individual.

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

The best index to a person's character is a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive.

Woe to him inside a non-conformist clique who does not conform to non-conformity.