Quotes About Character

You may never know what type of person someone is unless they are given opportunities to violate moral or ethical codes.

He who has never sinned is less reliable than he who has only sinned once.

If you want to get an idea of a friend's temperament, ethics, and personal elegance, you need to look at him under the tests of severe circumstances, not under the regular rosy glow of daily life.

it is only when you don't care about your reputation that you tend to have a good one.

The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.

It is much more immoral to claim virtue without fully living with its direct consequences.

At the end, what matters is the strength of the string—not the wealth and power of the dining party.

somehow it is only when you don't care about your reputation that you tend to have a good one.

An honest person will never commit criminal acts, but a criminal will readily engage in legal acts.

People try to impress you with the things they have done ... You should be more impressed with things they would never do.

Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain.

you'd even rather have a failed real person than a successful one, as blemishes, scars, and character flaws increase the distance between a human and a ghost.

It took five years for Yevgenia to graduate from the "egomaniac without anything to justify it, stubborn and difficult to deal with" category to "persevering, resolute, painstaking, and fiercely independent

A genius is someone with flaws harder to imitate than his qualities.

I don't particularly care about the usual. If you want to get an idea of a friend's temperament, ethics, and personal elegance, you need to look at him under the tests of severe circumstances, not under the regular rosy glow of daily life.

Selfish courage is not courage. A foolish gambler is not committing an act of courage, especially if he is risking other people's funds or has a family to feed.*4

Success is leading an honorable life. Honor implies that there are some actions you would categorically never do, regardless of the material rewards. It also means that there are things you would do unconditionally, regardless of the consequences.

Compendiaria res improbitas, virtusque tarda—the villainous takes the short road, virtue the longer one. In other words, cutting corners is dishonest.

And of course you learn from the errors of others. You may never know what type of person someone is unless they are given opportunities to violate moral or ethical codes.

Un hombre es honorable en proporción a los riesgos personales que asume por sus opiniones

dignity is worth nothing unless you earn it, unless you are willing to pay a price for it.

Virtue is not something you advertise.

Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

And I will keep mentioning that I have no other definition of success than leading an honorable life.