Quotes About Character

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

Young man, make your name worth something.

Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first.

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.

There are many things given to us in this life for the wrong reasons. What we do with such blessings, that is the true test of a man.

Freedom is what we all seek, but it's what we do with that freedom that ultimately defines our character. In the end, a man's character cements his fate, good or bad.

The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

God's idea is for us to become the Word of God, in such a way that men can read the Word by looking at our lives.

People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man.

Should any man tell you that a mountain had changed its place, you are at liberty to doubt it if you think fit; but if any one tells you that a man has changed his character, do not believe it.

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he is incapable of moral action and also of moral character.

Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man can be.

How good we are as preachers depends - not altogether, but (make no mistake!) primarily - on how good we are as men.

I have noticed this, that when a man is full of the Holy Ghost he is the very last man to be complaining of other people.

What a man does defiles him, not what is done by others.

All education is the art of making men ethical (sittlich), of transforming the old Adam into the new Adam.

In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate-look to his character.

In my idea General Washington is the greatest man; for I look upon him as the most virtuous.

Man is not made better by being degraded.

You do not determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth, as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him.