I am far from underestimating the importance of dividends; but I rank dividends below human character.
Character Quotes
A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
Indifference to religion, due to thought, strengthens character.
When one’s character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction.
‘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 […]
Every man has three characters; that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.
Respect for character, though often a salutary restraint, is but too often overruled by other motives. When numbers of men act in a body, respect for character is often lost, just in proportion as it is necessary to control what is not right.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
