| When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. |
| One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: 'To rise above little things'. |
| Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing. |
| A man's true character comes out when he's drunk. |
| It is better to be alone than in bad company. |
| It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. |
| I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. |
| Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. |
| Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. |
| You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. |