Character Quote by Blaise Pascal

The power of man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doings.

— Blaise Pascal

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

— Blaise Pascal

The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own…

— William Hazlitt

The qualities that get a man into power are not those that lead him, once established, to use power wisely.

— Lyman Bryson

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

— Plato

That which is inherent in man is his virtue.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Virtue is only a conflict by which we get the mastery of our failings; that, by which every man proves his peculiar power of…

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

“A man needs to feel powerful and respected. Innately within us, as far back as we can remember, we have taught ourselves to grand…

— Jason Versey

Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.

— Voltaire

If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in…

— John of the Cross

Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.

— Confucius

It is fit for a man to know his own abilities and weaknesses, and not think himself obliged to imitate all that he thinks…

— Robert Boyle