Quotes about Character
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.
— Cicero
Mindset of the man too busy: I am too busy BEING God to become LIKE God.
— Mark Buchanan
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.
— Mark Twain
God puts something good and loveable in every man His hands create.
— Mark Twain
It cannot, indeed, be denied, that a good man is more worthy of love than a bad one.
— Martin Luther
Men are not made religious by performing certain actions which are externally good, but they must first have righteous principles, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.
— Martin Luther
No man can afford to express, through words or acts, that which is not in harmony with his own beliefs, and if he does so, he must pay by the loss of his ability to influence others.
— Napoleon Hill
Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man.
— Pierre Corneille
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
— Publilius Syrus
It is better to enter into life maimed but lovely in God's sight than to appear lovely to man's eyes but lame to God's.
— Oswald Chambers
It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship and character. The man thatstands by himself, the universe stands by him also.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson