Character gives us qualities, ...

Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse.
Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse.

Quotes from the same author

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Change in all things is sweet.
Well begun is half done.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.