A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.
Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character.
A hero is a man who does what he can.
Character is what a man is in the dark.
The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.
The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.
Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.
Plot makes the character just as history makes the man.
A man's character is his fate.