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.
Character Quotes
The measure of a man is way he bears up under misfortune.
They say best men are molded out of faults; and, for the most become much more the better for being a little bad. (Measure for Measure)
Well, then, if hawks have always had the same character, what makes you think men have changed theirs?
The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity. I recognize that I am made up of several persons and the person which at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real me? All of them, or none?
Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
You’ll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn’t worth the toil.
A handsome person, with perverted will, is a fine craft that’s handled without skill.
