Quotes About Character

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.

It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.

In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.

I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty, never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.

No man loses ever on a lower level by magnanimity on a higher.

A good man may fall, but he falls like a ball [and rebounds]; the ignoble man falls like a lump of clay.

A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

All men are born good.

A man who possesses genius is insufferable unless he also possesses at least two other things: gratitude and cleanliness.

When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles

Good appearance doesn't make a real man. The important thing is to do your best and keep your promises. A real man should show his faith in actions (rather) than words.

A man is judged by the company he keeps, and a company is judged by the men it keeps, and the people of Democratic nations are judged by the type and caliber of officers they elect.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.

Speaking as an actress, I wish all actors would be more like Duke Wayne. And speaking as a person, it would be nice if all people could be honest and as genuine as he is. This is a real man.

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

There is a difference between being a good man and being good at being a man.

I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

A man must be strong enough to mold the peculiarity of his imperfections into the perfection of his peculiarities.

To speak well of a base man is much the same as speaking ill of a good man.

Like all very handsome men who die tragically, he left not so much a character behind him as a legend. Youth and death shed a halo through which it is difficult to see a real face.