Quotes About Character

In society every man is taken for what he gives himself out to be; but he must give himself out to be something. Better to be slightly disagreeable than altogether insignificant.

For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl. [Ger., Denn ein wackerer Mann verdient ein begutertes Madchen.]

The history of a man is in his character.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

Judge men less by the labels they wear than by their persistent labour for sure if slow progress.

The worse the haircut, the better the man.

Man is more than constitutions.

I cannot bear to think that our young men are merely living four years in a country club and spending their lives wholly in a spirit of calculation and snobbishness.

It can be said of him, when he departed he took a Man's life with him. No sounder piece of British manhood was put together in that eighteenth century of Time.

To learn the worth of a man's religion, do business with him.

I'm many things, most of 'em bad. But a man of political principles? No.

None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite.

That a thing is peculiar; is no argument for its being blamable; since the most criminal actions are to a being like man not more unnatural than most of the virtues.

It is necessary men should be tried and purged and purified and made perfect through suffering.

I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man.

Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.

I think actions speak louder than words is one thing I think I always took from my mom. And to this day, I think about that in everything I do.

A guy who treats his mom well, treats his wife well.

Dad: Honey, have you seen my glasses? I can"t find them. Mom: I haven't seen them. Calvin: (with glasses, to Dad) Calvin, go do something you hate! Being miserable builds character!

Looks fade,' Mom would go on. 'But intelligence lasts forever.

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

It does not require money to be neat, clean and dignified.

Keep a good heart. That's the most important thing in life. It's not how much money you make or what you can acquire. The art of it is to keep a good heart.

If you are in a hurry to get money, you will be in a hurry to spend it. Anything that starts dubiously will surely end dubiously.