Defined: NOUN characters (plural noun) : the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.
Also: It is who you are, when no one else is around.
Our character influences what we say, do, think and act.
Proverbs 28:6 (ESV):  Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
Accepting that Jesus died and was buried for your sin and to prove it rose again, you will begin to desire to develop good character, a Christ like character.  But what is it and how do we develop it?