Quotes about Character

Gold is good in its place, but living, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

All I can do is the best I can do. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, then ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Menschen, die keine Laster haben, haben auch nur wenige Tugenden.

A man is known by the company he keeps.

No gratitude from the wicked.

If leaders exploit public fears to herd people in directions they might not otherwise choose, then fear itself can quickly become a self-perpetuating and freewheeling force that drains national will and weakens national character, diverting attention from real threats deserving of healthy and appropriate fear and sowing confusion about the essential choices that every nation must constantly make about its future.

As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.

God is more concerned with our character than with our achievements. Achievements have importance only in the realm of time. Character is eternal. It determines what we will be through eternity.

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.

To be conformed to the one who has become human—that is what being really human means.