Character Of A Man Quotes

• Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

  Alphonse Karr

  Integrity, Character, Angel

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• Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Motivation, Character

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• Nothing tells more about the character of a man than the things he makes fun of.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Fun, Character, Men

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• I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

  George Washington

  Trust, Hope, Truth

  George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.46, Rowman & Littlefield

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• You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Loyalty, Respect, Honesty

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• The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Integrity

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

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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• The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Life, Friendship, Family

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• A good name is better than precious ointment.

  Solomon

  Family, Names, Reputation

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• The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

  Walter Lippmann

  Inspirational, Change, Success

  New York Herald Tribune 14 Apr. 1945

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• Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

  Henry Clay

  Business, Character, Men

  Henry Clay (1981). “The Papers of Henry Clay: Secretary of State 1827”, p.769, University Press of Kentucky

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• Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Integrity, Character, Men

  Elbert Hubbard (1902). “Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings”

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• Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Character, Men, Suits

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• You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Leadership, Courage, Freedom

  "Ten Cannots". Book by William J.H. Boetcker, 1916.

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• Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Leadership, Fall, Character

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• You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.

  Norman Douglas

  Character, Men, Age

  Norman Douglas (1982). “South Wind”, p.337, Courier Corporation

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• If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

  Alexander Pope

  Business, Character, Men

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• It's easy to enjoy your job and enjoy other people when things are going good. When you're faced with adversity is when the character of men is measured. There's a Mennonite proverb, 'Man, like a tree, is measured best when cut down.'

  Dan Quisenberry

  Sports, Jobs, Character

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• Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the character of nature, that you must judge all men as conscientiously as you judge inanimate objects, with the same respect for truth, with the same incorruptible vision, by as pure and as rational a process of identification-that every man must be judged for what he is and treated accordingly.

  John Galt

  Character, Men, Justice

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• The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Character, Men, Fit

  Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero (2006). “De Officiis Or on Duties on Obligations”, p.88, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Humor, Character

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• I admire men of character and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal with their subordinates. And that, to me, is where you find out what the character of a man is.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Character, Men, Judging

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• Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Nature

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• But the mere circumstance of complexion cannot deprive them of the character of men.

  James Madison

  Character, Men, Human Nature

  James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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• Manliness means perfect manhood, as womanliness implies perfect womanhood. Manliness is the character of a man as he ought to be, as he was meant to be.

  James Freeman Clarke

  Character, Mean, Men

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