Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.

Elmer G. Letterman

Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

George Santayana

A man's character is his fate.

Heraclitus