“The test of a mans character is not the mistakes he makes but the way he responds to them. ”

“There is no telling what a human character is. Until the test comes. To most of us the test comes early in life. A man is confronted quite soon with the necessity to stand on his own feet, to face dangers and difficulties and to take his own line of dealing with them. It may be the straight way, it may be the crooked way --- whichever it is, a man usually learns early just what he is made of.”

“Every man makes mistakes, Shade, it's a cross every person has to bare. People make mistakes. It is the way we feel about those mistakes, the way we come back from them, that defines who we really are.”

“A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.”

“A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles---for then he is off his guard.”

“The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.”