Quotes about Character
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
Man's actions are the picture book of his creeds.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man is always worse than most people suspect, but also generally better than most people dream.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Style is less the man than the way a man takes himself.
- Robert Frost
A man cannot have character unless he lives within a fundamental system of morals that creates character.
- Harry S. Truman