Quotes About Character

Nothing can be more hurtful to an honourable man than that he should be accused of bad faith.

The function of Nayee-Talim is not to teach an occupation, but through it to develop the whole man.

As a splendid palace deserted by its inmates looks like a ruin, so does a man without character, all his material belongings notwithstanding.

A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.

A man who broods on evil is as bad a man who does evil, if he is no worse.

Few men are wantonly wicked.

It is difficult for me to regard anyone who obeys no moral principle in his conduct to be a religious man.

Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about. If it is good to say or do something, then it is even better to be criticized for having said or done it.

Understand however that every man is worth just so much as the things are worth about which he busies himself.

That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.

A man's happiness,-to do the things proper to man.

Every affliction tests our will, showing whether it is inclined to good or evil. That is why an unforeseen affliction is called a test, because it enables a man to test his hidden desires.

A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

For nothing is more commendable, nothing more becoming in a preeminently great man than courtesy and forbearance.

The man who is always fortunate cannot easily have a great reverence for virtue.

When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

Show me what a man hates and I'll show you what he is.

Mindset of the man too busy: I am too busy BEING God to become LIKE God.

Most men have at least one redeeming feature. Finding one for Brother Rike requires a stretch. Is 'big' a redeeming feature?

There are some natures which never grow large enough to speak out and say a bad act is a bad act, until they have inquired into the politics or the nationality of the man who did it.

....honest men are few when it comes to themselves.

God puts something good and loveable in every man His hands create.

The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them. -James Oliver 'Tomorrow I will live,' the fool does say; tomorrow itself is late; the wise live yesterday.

Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder!