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.
Character is the virtue of hard times.
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.
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.
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.