Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
Character Quotes
Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.
We must learn how to separate the real character from extraneous adhesions and casual circumstances, to consider closely him whom we are about to adopt or reject; to regard his inclinations as well as his actions; to trace out those virtues which lie torpid in the heart for want of opportunity, and those vices that […]
Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.
With all the power that a President has, the most important thing to bear in mind is this: You must not give power to a man unless, above everything else, he has character. Character is the most important qualification the President of the United States can have.
‘Tis true that tho’ People can transcend their Characters in Times of Tranquillity, they can ne’er do so in Times of Tumult.
The measure of man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
In a president, character is everything. A president doesn’t have to be brilliant… He doesn’t have to be clever; you can hire clever… You can hire pragmatic, and you can buy and bring in policy wonks. But you can’t buy courage and decency, you can’t rent a strong moral sense. A president must bring those […]
The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops – no, but the kind of man the country turns out. Our people are slow to learn the wisdom of sending character instead of talent to Congress. Again and again they have sent a man of great acuteness, […]
Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
