Read the following quotations. Choose one that appeals to you most and write an essay on this topic.
1.Character is what God and the angels know of us; reputation is what men and women think of us (Horace Mann).
2. Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody (Mark Twain).
3.A modest man is usually admired – if people ever hear of him (Edgar Watson Howe).
4.Every man has three characters – that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has (Alphonse Kan).
5.To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are (Anonymous).
6. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power (Abraham Lincoln).
7. Every man has his follies – and often they are the most interesting things he has got (Josh Billings).
8.Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold (Euripides).
9. Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved (Helen Keller).
10. It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay (Eric Hoffer).
11. Humility is no substitute for a good personality (Fran Lebowitz).
12.You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one (James A. Froude).