Quotes About Character

The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy

I have never known courage to be judged by the length of a man's hair. Or, for the matter of that, whether he has any hair at all.

It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil.

We must judge of a man's motives from his overt acts.

A man can be trusted only up to low-water mark.

He was a man of his times. with one virtue and a thousand crimes. (The Corsair)

A man's fortune is frequently decided by his first address. If pleasing, others at once conclude he has merit; but if ungraceful, they decide against him.

The greatest powers cannot injure a man's character whose reputation is unblemished among his party.

So much are our minds influenced by the accidents of our bodies, that every man is more the man of the day than a regular and consequential character.

An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.

One must never judge the writer by the man; but one may fairly judge the man by the writer.

Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is.

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.

Well, we are men. Let's start acting like it.

A man of feeble character resembles a reed that bends with every gust of wind.

Man cannot be transformed from bad to good overnight.

A man who behaves like a beast is worse than the beast.

Even a little untruth destroys a man, as a drop of poison ruins milk.

Men of stainless character and self purification will easily inspire confidence and automatically purify the atmosphere around them.

That which is inherent in man is his virtue.

It is for you and me to show that no vice is inherent in man.

If the village worker is not a decent man or woman, conducting a decent home, he or she had better not aspire after the high privilege and honour of becoming a village worker.

What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?

There can be no friendship between cowards, or cowards and brave men.