Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.
Horace Walpole

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
George W. Bush

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
George W. Bush

As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?
Alexis de Tocqueville

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
Charles Spurgeon

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
Epictetus

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.
Bette Davis

Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.
Og Mandino

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
Aaliyah

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
Charlie Chaplin

I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.
Charlie Chaplin

Character is power.
Booker T. Washington

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
Booker T. Washington