Full Idea
For man character is destiny.
Gist of Idea
For man character is destiny
Source
Heraclitus (fragments/reports [c.500 BCE], B119), quoted by John Stobaeus - Anthology 4.40.23
Book Reference
'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.32
A Reaction
This is the extreme opposite of Sartre's existentialist claim that we can entirely change ourselves. Personally I am with Heraclitus, though I don't see why our destined character shouldn't be modified (e.g. by education).
Related Idea
Idea 23234 I cannot change the nature which has been determined for me [Fichte]