To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man’s character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.
Character Quotes
All the world old is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer.
It is a general Mistake to to think the Men we like are good for every thing, and those we do not, good for nothing. (Marquis of Halifax)
One must keep one’s character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can’t, then assume one. From the code of moals I have been following and revising and revising for years I remember one detail. All my life I have been honest- comparatively honest. I could never use money I had not […]
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am.
There is a good side and a bad side to most people, and in accordance with your own character and disposition you will bring out one of them and the other will remain a sealed book to you.
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and the angels know of us.
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.
The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.
