Jean Anouilh Quotes

I don't want to just be a great fighter, but also a great man.

You can see how he changed on the surface. But at the core of it all, I think Superman has remained the same - a character with incredible powers but almost superhuman humility and restraint.

Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.

The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught.

What is character? It is that quality of man which is going to make a man, in an hour of strain, do the just and, if possible, the generous thing.

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!

Hearts are strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.

It is of little traits that the greatest human character is composed.

The greatest man is he who chooses the Right with invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptations from within and without, who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menace and frowns, whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering. I believe this greatness to be most common among the multitude, whose names are never heard.

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.

I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.

I always felt the true test of a man's character is how he treats people he can't use.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Fear could never make virtue.

When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.

Men are only as great as they are kind.

Great people have great values and great ethics.

My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.