Quotes about Character
Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works.
- Martin Luther
Conceit is a fog that envelops a man's real character beyond his own recognition. It weakens his native ability and strengthens all his inconsistencies .
- Napoleon Hill
Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
- Publilius Syrus
Men in all ways are better than they seem.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
- Henry Ward Beecher
He that would be conformed to Christ's image, and become a Christ-like man, must be constantly studying Christ Himself.
- JC Ryle
Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man.
- JC Ryle
True faith will always show itself by its fruits . . . I suspect that, with rare exceptions, men die just as they have lived.
- JC Ryle
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
- John Milton
When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, he is set fast, and nothing will then serve his turn, neither truth nor falsehood.
- John Tillotson
It is a sin to judge any man by his post
- St. Augustine
A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.
- Thomas a Kempis