Character Quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

There is an element of the busybody in our conception of virtue: unless a man makes himself a nuisance to a great many people,…

— Bertrand Russell

All great virtues become great men.

— Pierre Corneille

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying historturer but not of keeping his temper.

— Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy.

— Benjamin Franklin

Two great virtues . . . give a man power with the heavens - integrity and purity of character. Let a man possess these,…

— Wilford Woodruff

A great man isn't the one who can show all his greatness, but great man is the one who can show his Humility upon…

— Anonymous

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much…

— Charles Caleb Colton

He that can enjoy the intimacy of the great, and on no occasion disgust them by familiarity, or disgrace himself by servility, proves that…

— Charles Caleb Colton

No matter how good or great a man may be, there is yet a better and a greater man within him.

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.

— Anonymous

Great men are always exceptional men; and greatness itself is but comparative. Indeed, the range of most men in life is so limited that…

— Samuel Smiles

“To obtain greatness and strength, a man must have a good character. He is honorable and respected by others. We define him as intelligent,…

— Ellen J. Barrier