Charles de Gaulle Character Quotations

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.

Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.

Character is the virtue of hard times.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.