Quotes About Character

Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.

I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man, or any of that. I'm a character actor.

God cannot use a man or woman greatly until he wounds them deeply.

A man's moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather by what emotional impulses he has received from Nature during his lifetime.

Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.

I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing.

Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.

The Duke [John Wayne] was a massive figure. He looked like a heavy piece of hauled lumber, and it didn't seem like any man could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

No bad man can be a good poet.

John is a man of his word. And so am I.

I have always maintained that a man can be as good or bad depending upon his life-partner.

A moderately bad man knows he is not very good: a thoroughly bad man thinks he is alright. This is common sense really. You understand sleep when you are awake, not well you are sleeping.

Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.

Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.

The men can have a moral compass that is just unshakeable, they can have ethics that run to the core.

I regard Duryodhana and his party as the baser impulses in man, and Arjuna and his party as the higher impulses.

It doesn't take much of a rule to measure a mean man.

Stop talking about what the good man is like, and just be one.

We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.

A person may be totally unimaginative and have the social vision of a mole, and we still call him a decent man.

He was such a good man that people hated to see him coming.

Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon.

The fact is, the king was a good deal more than a king, he was a man; and when a man is a man, you can't knock it out of him.

I do not hate the man, but his vices.