Quotes About Character

Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere.

It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.

Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning

An innocent Plowman is more worthy than a vicious Prince.

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright

None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

An empty bag cannot stand upright.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.

What you seem to be, be really.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas.

He that is the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

A man of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds.

What you would seem to be, be really.

Great Modesty often hides great Merit.

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones

Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.