“Darkness dwells within even the best of us. In the worst of us, darkness not only dwells but reins.”

“Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life.”

“Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.”

“I care not what others think of what I do but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character!”

“Character is plot, plot is character.”

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths but the final forming of a person's character lies in...”

“The noble-minded encourage what is beautiful in people and discourage what is ugly in them. Little people do just the op...”

“It was woman that taught me cruelty, and on woman therefore I have exercised it.”

“Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.”

“The crisis of community has its source in the corruption of character.”

“There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.”

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”