A man’s character is his fate.
~ Heraclitus

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load.
~ Paul “Bear” Bryant

A crisis is not only character building; it is character revealing.
~ Rick Casterline

Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only thing you’ll have left is your character.
~ Vince Gill

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
~ Billy Graham

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
~ Helen Keller

To succeed is nothing, it is an accident. But to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different, it is character.
~ Marie Leneru

Hard work spotlights the character of people. Some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses and some don’t turn up at all.
~ Sam Ewing

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
~ Plutarch

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