Quotes About Character

Well, there's a little bit of man in every woman and a little bit of woman in every man.

The man who is always talking about being a gentleman, never is one.

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.

There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.

The upright, if he suffer calumny to move him, fears the tongue of man more than the eye of God.

Amongst the sons of men how few are known Who dare be just to merit not their own.

Nothing that man ever invents will absolve him from the universal necessity of being good as God is good, righteous as God is righteous, and holy as God is holy.

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.

The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology.

No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.

When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.

The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.

Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?

The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.

When a man resists sin on human motive only, he will not hold out long.

Any government which made the welfare of men depend on the character of their governors was an illusion.

A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known, For a man by nothing is so well betrayed As by his manners.

Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies.

The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.

Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character of a soldier, and do each separate act at the bidding of the General.