Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'
Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.