Life Quotes... Character

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

“Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.”
                                                Elbert Hubbard

“Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.”
                                                H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“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

“The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.”
                                                John Holt

“To measure the man, measure his heart.”
                                                Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
                                                Martin Luther King, Jr

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