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2. A man never shows his own character so plainly as by his manner of portraying another's.

3. A man should endeavor to be as pliant as a reed, yet as hard as cedar-wood.

4. A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

5. A mans' character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

6. Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

7. Adhere To - Faith, Unity, Sacrifice. Avoid - Back-biting, Falsehood and Crookedness. Admire - Frankness, Honesty and Large-heartedness. Control - Tongue, Temper and Tossing of the mind. Cultivate - Cosmic Love, Forgiveness and Patience. Hate - Lust, Anger and Pride.

8. All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

9. An excellent man, like precious metal, Is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, Is always varying, upwards and downwards.

10. As a plain garment best adorneth a beautiful woman, so a decent behaviour is the best ornament of inner wisdom.

11. As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes.

12. As the shadow waiteth on the substance, even so true honour attendeth upon goodness.

13. Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee.

14. Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes; so shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything that happeneth unto thee be the source of praise.

15. Be your character what it will, it will be known; and nobody will take it upon your word.

16. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

17. By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

18. Character - a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means.

19. Character is a perfectly educated will.

20. Character is destiny.

21. Character is higher than intellect.

22. Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow.

23. Character is not cut in marble; it is not something solid and unalterable.

24. Character is simply habit long continued.

25. Character is that which can do without success.

26. Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

27. Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

28. Characters do not change. - Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

29. Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

30. Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

31. Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

32. Do not appease thy fellow in his hour of anger; do not comfort him while the dead is still laid out before him; do not question him in the hour of his vow; and do not strive to see him in his hour of misfortune.

33. Endurance, foresight, strength and skill.

34. Essence in man is what is his own.

35. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them.

36. Every one is the son of his own works.

37. Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

38. Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself.

39. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou inflexible in the path of them.

40. Good character is like a rubber ball - Thrown down hard - it bounces right back.

41. Good character is not formed in a week or a month.

42. Good reputation is like a crystal ball - Thrown for gain - shattered and cracked.

43. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

44. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.

45. He who knows these three things knows how to cultivate his own character.

46. Honor is but an empty bubble.

47. Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside.

48. Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

49. Honour and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

50. How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

51. Human improvement is from within outward.

52. I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be grateful, to be faithful to all engagements and under all circumstances, to be open and generous, promoting in the long run even the interests of both.

53. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

54. If you create a habit, you create a character.

55. If you create an act, you create a habit.

56. If you stand straight Do not fear a crooked shadow.

57. In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is, in reality, so much power.

58. In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou art such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow; Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee, That there's no living with thee, or without thee.

59. In handling affairs, he loves competence. In his activities, he loves timeliness.

60. In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

61. Integrity has no need of rules.

62. It is because he does not compete that he is without reproach.

63. It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

64. It is created little by little, day by day.

65. It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.

66. It is something living and changing...Honour is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

67. It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

68. Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.

69. Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire.

70. Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

71. Man consists of two parts: essence and personality.

72. Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

73. No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

74. No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.

75. Not to be cheered by praise, Not to be grieved by blame, But to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers Are the characteristics of an excellent man.

76. O reputation! dearer far than life,Thou precious balsam, lovely, sweet of smell, Whose cordial drops once spilt by some rash hand, Not all the owner's care, nor the repenting toil Of the rude spiller, ever can collect To its first purity and native sweetness.

77. O, he sits high in all the people's hearts; And that which would appear offence in us, His countenance, like richest alchemy, Will change to virtue and to worthiness.

78. Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

79. Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, form our true honor.

80. Personality in man is what is "not his own." "Not his own" means what has come from outside, what he has learned, or reflects, all traces of exterior impressions left in the memory and in the sensations, all words and movements that have been learned, all feelings created by imitation.

81. Practice no vice because it's trivial...Neglect no virtue because it's so.

82. Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.

83. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

84. Reputation is only a...candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

85. Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

86. Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.

87. Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

88. Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

89. The best man in his dwelling loves the earth. In his heart, he loves what is profound. In his associations, he loves humanity. In his words, he loves faithfulness. In government, he loves order.

90. The discipline of desire is the background of character.

91. The highest of characters, in my estimation,is as ready to pardon the moral errors of mankind, as if he were every day guilty of some himself; and at the same time as cautious of committing a fault as if he never forgave one.

92. The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.

93. The louder he talked of his honor the faster we counted our spoons.

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

95. The purest treasure mortal time afford Is spotless reputation; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.

96. The qualities we have do not make us so ridiculous as those which we affect to have.

97. The reason firm, the temperate will.

98. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

99. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.

100. The stages of the Noble Path are: Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Behavior, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.

101. The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.

102. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

103. They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons.

104. This is sufficient.

105. Those who quit their proper character to assume what does not belong to them, are for the greater part ignorant of both the character they leave and of the character they assume.

106. To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude.

107. To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless.

108. To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

109. True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

110. What is honorable is also safest.

111. When a chivalrous man makes an oath, he is faithful to it, and when he attains power, he spares his enemy.

112. When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

113. Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

114. Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms; Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms.