Character Quotes

The tragedy of a man who has found himself out.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

Character is a diamond that scratches every other stone.

Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest sometimes wisely.

Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it.

I think there should be no occasion on which it is absolutely, as a point or rule of law, impossible for a man to redeem his character.

Happiness is not the end of life, character is.

Observe a man’s actions; scrutinize his motives; take note of the things that give him pleasure. How, then, can he hide from you what he really is?

Public officers, whose character and conduct remain open to debate and free discussion in the press, find their remedies for false accusations in… libel laws… and not in proceedings to restrain the publication of newspapers.

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.