Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

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

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

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.