Character Quote by Mark Twain

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

How can we judge fairly of the characters and merits of men, of the wisdom or folly of actions, unless we have . .…

— William Wilberforce

If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be…

— Johann Lamont

You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.

— Winston Churchill

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

— Anonymous

One must never judge the writer by the man; but one may fairly judge the man by the writer.

— Louis Kronenberger

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The final estimate of men shows that history cares not an iota for the rank or title a man has borne, or the office…

— J. Oswald Sanders

No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth…

— Washington Irving

We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public;…

— Maria Edgeworth

You must judge a man's greatness by how much he will be missed.

— Will Rogers

If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.

— Anonymous