<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Character - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65750]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65146]]></link><description><![CDATA[The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I open many books, or most leading women's magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don't find myself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64945]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I open many books, or most leading women's magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don't find myself at all. I am completely anonymous. My value system is not there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's character is his guardian divinity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64896]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's character is his guardian divinity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can acquire everything in solitude except character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64303]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can acquire everything in solitude except character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63564]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must look into people, as well as at them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5666]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must look into people, as well as at them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5668]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, ;or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is what you are in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is what you are in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5670]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's character is his fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's character is his fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . . he had two distinct persons in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . . he had two distinct persons in him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroic, stoic Cato, the sententious, Who lent his lady to his friend Hortensius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroic, stoic Cato, the sententious, Who lent his lady to his friend Hortensius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So well she acted all and every part By turns--with that vivacious versatility,  Which many people take for want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5643]]></link><description><![CDATA[So well she acted all and every part By turns--with that vivacious versatility,  Which many people take for want of heart.   They err--'tis merely what is call'd mobility,    A thing of temperament and not of art,     Though seeming so, from its supposed facility;      And false--though true; for surely they're sincerest       Who are strongly acted on by what is nearest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With more capacity for love than earth Bestows on most of mortal mould and birth,  His early dreams of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5644]]></link><description><![CDATA[With more capacity for love than earth Bestows on most of mortal mould and birth,  His early dreams of good out-stripp'd the truth,   And troubled manhood follow'd baffled youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genteel in personage, Conduct, and equipage;  Noble by heritage,   Generous and free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genteel in personage, Conduct, and equipage;  Noble by heritage,   Generous and free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are firm believers in the maxim that, for all right judgment of any man or thing, it is useful, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5646]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are firm believers in the maxim that, for all right judgment of any man or thing, it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5647]]></link><description><![CDATA[What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5649]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5650]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't compromise yourself, you're all you've got. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't compromise yourself, you're all you've got.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the mediocre are always at their best! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the mediocre are always at their best!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vitanda est improba Siren Desidia. (That shameful Siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vitanda est improba Siren Desidia. (That shameful Siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are four types of people: Smart and lazy, Smart and full of energy, Stupid and lazy, Stupid and full ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5654]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are four types of people: Smart and lazy, Smart and full of energy, Stupid and lazy, Stupid and full of energy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature man that you can paint the air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5659]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5660]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and ;Independence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and ;Independence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is a victory, not a gift. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is a victory, not a gift.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5663]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has three characters -- that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has three characters -- that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knight without fear and without reproach. [Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knight without fear and without reproach. [Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms;  Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms;  Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in their souls which were once tenanted by taste, and love, and joy, and worship, but they are all deserted now, and the rooms are filled with earthy and material things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that part which soars toward heaven, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that part which soars toward heaven, the turrets and the spires, forever incomplete.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men are bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men are bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But now, after that ye have known God, or rather or known of God, how turn ye again to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5631]]></link><description><![CDATA[But now, after that ye have known God, or rather or known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5632]]></link><description><![CDATA[And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5632</guid></item></channel></rss>