Charles de Gaulle on character

How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheeses?

France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

John Wooden1910–2010

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus55–120

Character is higher than intellect… A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.

Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882The American Scholar (1837), par. 27