Martin Luther Quotes

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.

And what is it, thought I, after all! It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.

We cannot see but a small depth into the heart of man, and can only discover the work of his tongue.

One thing he always said, and I love this quote and I really believe it, my ex said, 'You don't truly know a person until they don't get what they want. That's when they show you who they are.' You wouldn't think that the person you were married to and were with for 10 years and taught you the quote would be the best number one example to prove it.

I have never been drunk in my life, and I don't expect I ever will be.

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

Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.

I've never been one of those to kind of like, 'I want somebody to do something against their nature to titillate me.' That never holds any interest. And I always want people to be who they are and if they're being not who they are I feel like it's false and, therefore, less easy to connect to. I don't need them to kiss or to display physical intimacy. I think that almost becomes too obvious. I love playing in the suggestive.

Some people have the coldest smiles, but have the tenderest hearts. And many have the most tender smiles, but carry the coldest hearts. You cannot judge a man by his smile, but you CAN judge a man by his heart. The smallest actions reveal the most about a hearts true color, so pay attention to them. Actions are the true words of the heart.

I do not look on self-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their poorness of character.

You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.

Contrary to what people are saying, you can't go by what people say, but by their spirit.

You see, in their last moments people show you who they really are.

Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man.

We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from their careless conversations, their half-finished sentences, that we may hope with the greatest probability of success to discover their real characters.

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.

People who don't drink are afraid of revealing themselves.

I think people's soul - I think you can kind of see it - there's what they say and there's what they do.

Nobody cares about worthiness. People care about what is real inside of you.

He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his head.

Remember what I’ve told you. Looks can often deceive you. A poor man can don the robes of a prince and a prince can be shoeless in the street. We judge people by what their actions are, not by the clothes they wear. (Eleni)

Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.