Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes

One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.

I just want to be as good a person as I can be.

A good woman is known by what she does; a good man by what he doesn't.

The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.

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.

Character is long-standing habit.

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

Never descend to the ways of those above you.

On the whole, it is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

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

Being a 'good man' is something you do, not something you are.

The biggest and the most important thing my mother told me is to be a good actor you first need to be a really good human being and an honest person.

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

There is hardly that person to be found who is not more concerned for the reputation of wit and sense, than honesty and virtue.

Force yourself to be humble, until it becomes second nature. Then it will be an unconscious activity.

Men become old, but they never become good.

Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble. (Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile praeclarum.)

But courage without conduct is the virtue of a robber, or a tyrant.

Not every man can carry a full cup. Sudden elevation frequently leads to pride and a fall. The most exacting test of all to survive is prosperity.

Virtue must shape itself in deed.

No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.

No one is born without vices, and he is the best man who is encumbered with the least.