“Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.”

Characters come in all shapes and sizes. That which is born from extreme adversity tempered with honesty and compassion lends itself well to a foundationalist, experience being their guide to higher degrees of understanding human nature. 

Okay, I like it — probably more often than not.

Characters rarely change for the better, but when they do their resovle is strengthened; like a person who becomes a non-smoker or a vegetarian, or an acholic who becomes a teetotaler...