"Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
"Character is perfectly educated will."
- Novalis
"Character is long-standing habit."
- Plutarch
"I was born modest not all over but in spots."
- Mark Twain
"Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character."
- La Rochefoucauld
"If you think about what you ought to do for other people your character will take care of itself."
- Woodrow Wilson
"You cannot dream yourself into a character you must hammer and forge yourself one."
- James A. Froude
"A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him."
- Edgar Watson Howe
"The clock struck eleven with the respectful unobtrusiveness of one whose mission in life is to be ignored."
- Saki
"Some people approach every problem with an open mouth."
- Adlai Stevenson