Book of Quotations # 37
13. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. - John Wooden 14. Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller 15. Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. - Goethe 16. All your scholarship would be in vain it at the same time you do not build your character and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions. - Mahatma Gandhi 17. The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people rather than the form of its government. - Thomas C. Haliburton 18. The loans that we take from foreign countries carry simple interest, but the deterioration of character goes on with compound interest. - C. Rajgopalachari 19. The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities. - Winston Churchill 20. Education for its object that is formation of charactrer. - Herbert Spencer 21. There is no substitute for beauty of mind and strength of character. - J. Allen 22. A man of character will make himself worthy of position he is given. - Mahatma Gandhi 23. Character, not brain, will count at the crucial moment. - Rabindranath Tagore