Plutarch Quotes

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

You can know a person is a good person or a bad person by who they are, not by what they look like.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

The depth and strength of our character is defined by our moral code. People only reveal themselves when they're thrown out of the usual conditions of their lives. That's when the truth of who they are is revealed.

All these people who say success changes people; well, no, it just magnifies what's there.

In tough times, that's when you see true colours and personality.

Now, being a POW certainly doesn't qualify anyone to be president. But it does reveal character. This is the kind of character that civilizations from the beginning of history have sought in their leaders.

If you want to know what a man's character is really like... ask him to tell you the living person he most admires - for hero worship is the truest index of a man's private nature.

Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.

Intentions are invisible but they are the true test of character.

One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments.... It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.

I am far from underestimating the importance of dividends, but I rank dividends below human character.

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works.

If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.

You get to know more of the character of a man in a round of golf than in six months of political experience.

Is she kind as she is fair?

Human character evermore publishes itself. The most fugitive deed and word, the intimated purpose, express character.

It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.

And when she was good she was very very good. But when she was bad she was horrid.

... character reigns preeminent in determining potential.

Character is, for the most part, simply habit become fixed.

A woman may be beautiful but have poor character. A man may be a business genius, making money left and right, but lack common courtesy, sensitivity, and compassion.

And whatever our faith - whatever our faith, one belief should bind us all: The measure of our character is our willingness to give of ourselves for others and for our country.

The history of mankind is his character.

Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character," said the count; "on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed.