Character Quote by William Hazlitt

He who would govern his actions by the laws of virtue must regulate his thoughts by those of reason.

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Blaise Pascal

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

— Blaise Pascal

“If he who has control of men ought not to control the laws, then he who controls the laws ought not control men: otherwise…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

That which is inherent in man is his virtue.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Blaise Pascal

Every man, in proportion to his virtue, considers himself, with respect to the great community of mankind, as the steward and guardian of their…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

A man does what he must, with no personal consequences in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressure And that is the basis of…

— Blaze Olamiday

A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The noble type of man feels himself to be the determiner of values, he does not need to be approved of, he judges 'what…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is…

— Anonymous

Every man prefers virtue, when there is not some strong incitement to transgress its precepts.

— Samuel Johnson