Character is what you do when no one is watching. — English proverb

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Character is what you do when no one is watching. — English proverb · Smartyfair

Character is what you do when no one is watching.

English proverb

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In plain words

Who you really are is how you act even when nobody can see you.

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How sure this is: 40% sureThe sources checked so far agree on this one. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
What turned up: No first-print source; closest documented ancestor is J.C. Watts, 1996 RNC speech ('Character is doing what's right when nobody is looking'). The common John Wooden credit is unsupported by his own record
Occasion: 1996 · closest documented ancestor: J.C. Watts, 1996 Republican National Convention speech
Sources checked: en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 20261996-08-13 RNC speech quote, close variant, sourced
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