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

Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.

A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

If your character doesn't express himself or doesn't feel confident expressing himself, then you don't express yourself.

Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very rare.

Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause.