John Ruskin on character

Life without industry is guilt, and industry without art is brutality.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

When we build, let us think that we build for ever.

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