There are geniuses in trade, as well as in war, or the state, or letters; and the reason why this or that man is fortunate, is not to be told. It lies in the man: that is all anybody can tell you about it. See him, and you will know as easily why he succeeds, […]
Character Quotes
Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.
In all thy humors, whether grave or mellow, Thour’t such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee, there is no living with thee, nor without thee.
There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.
Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for everyone thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even that those who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess.
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
Life is all a variorum, We regard not how it goes; Let them cant about decorum, Who have character to lose. A fig for those by law protected! Liberty’s a glorious feast! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest.
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
Our characters are a result of our conduct.
It is an old saying, and one of fearful and fathomless import, that we are forming characters for eternity. Forming characters? Whose? Our own or others? Both – and in that momentous act lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.
