Quotes About Character

It is said that a wise man who stands firm is a statesman, and a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.

You will never be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.

Moderate desires constitute a character fitted to acquire all the good which the world can yield. He who has this character is prepared, in whatever situation he is, therewith to be content and has learned the science of being happy.

An amiable weakness.

Friendship admits of differences of character, as love does that of sex.

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of Ewer, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at st have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

Friendship admits of difference of character, as love does that of sex.

We are fonder of visiting our friends in health than in sickness. We judge less favorably of their characters when any misfortune happens to them; and a lucky hit, either in business or reputation, improves even their personal appearance in our eyes.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end ... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

Genius develops in quiet places, character out in the full current of human life.

The gentleman is a Christian product.

Once a gentleman, always a gentleman.

Do noble things, do not dream them all day long.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge one for yourself.

Honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.

Words are mere bubbles of water, but deeds are drops of gold.

Words gain credibility by deed.

The things people discard tell more about them than the things they keep.

The test of any man lies in action.

It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we are.

By his deeds we know a man.

A human being has no discernible character until he acts.