character Quotes (34)

“To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.”

“Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.”

“Little things affect little minds.”

“Character is not made in a crisis, it is only exhibited.”

“I prefer an accommodating vice to an obstinate virtue.”

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”

“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”

“A solitary man is either a brute or an angel.”

“A man's reputation draws eyes upon him that will narrowly inspect every part of him.”

“To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.”

“Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do.”

“Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.”

“Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.”

“Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.”

“Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.”

“He who is proficient in learning, but deficient in morals, is more deficient than proficient.”

“Every man has his peculiar habit.”

“Associate with the good and you will be one of them.”

“Great hopes make great men.”

“Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.”

“What we dwell on is who we become.”

“Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.”

“If you would be loved, love and be lovable.”

“To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.”

“Who is wise? He that learns from every One. Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”

“To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself with the antidote.”

“It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.”

“The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.”

“Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”

“A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.”

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

“If you wish to be loved, be worthy of love.”

“After forty, a man is responsible for his own face.”

“Honesty is the surest capital.”