Quotes About Character

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

It's absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Son las virtudes algo lejano? En cuanto quiero ser virtuoso, inmediatamente estoy alcanzando la virtud

Cuando veas un hombre bueno, trata de imitarle; cuando veas a uno malo, examínate a ti mismo

Senza Fermezza, il gentiluomo non riscuote rispetto ed il suo sapere non sarà ascoltato. | Preconizzando lealtà e fidatezza, non avrà amici che sono simili a se stesso. | Non esiterà a correggere i suoi errori

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.

The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.

If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations. When there is order in the nations, there will peace in the world.

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

The Master said, "The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit." (Analects 4.16)

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

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

I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known.

Virtue is never left to stand alone. He who has it will have neighbors.

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.