Admirable Quote by Michel de Montaigne

The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as often find…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The man [who] is greatest and most blessed and joyful [is one] whose life most closely approaches the pattern of Christ. This has nothing…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists to sorest temptation from within and without; who bears…

— Seneca the Younger

Who is only good that others may know it, and that he may be the better esteemed when 'tis known, who will do well…

— Michel de Montaigne

He who does the most good is the greatest man. Power, authority, dignity, honors, wealth and station--these are so far valuable as they put…

— John Jortin

The man who is free from credulity, but knows the uncreated, who has cut all ties, removed all temptations, renounced all desires, he is…

— Max Muller

“A most remarkable man; the sort of man I wish to be , of whom it might someday be said, that he was much…

— Brian Doyle

The entire merit of a man can never be made known; nor the sum of his demerits, if he have them. We are only…

— Herman Melville

History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man who has…

— Anonymous

An honest, sensible, humane man, . . . laboring to do good rather than be rich, to be useful rather than make a show,…

— John Adams

“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