True Character Quotes

Do not judge a politician until the coffin closes.

Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call "humble" nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is a nobody. Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

A pretty face, don't make a pretty heart.

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.

The value of a man is in his intrinsic qualities: in that of which power cannot strip him and which adverse fortune cannot take away. That for which he is indebted to circumstances is mere trapping and tinsel.

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.

Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.

It's all good being there for people when things are going well and smoothly but what really comes through is how you operate with someone when they need you the most.

Virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen.

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.

The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial; they abide with realities, they do not remain with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold.

I may look fake but I'm real where it counts.

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.

Money doesn't change men. It merely unmasks them.

Wine is wont to show the mind of man.

The only way of really finding out a man's true character is to play golf with him. In no other walk of life does the cloven hoof so quickly display itself.

The knockout games of a major tournament are when you see players' true characters.

You can't learn the truth about a man's intentions by asking him.

Atticus, he was real nice." "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.

'It only put me in Gryffindor,' said Harry in a defeated voice, 'because I asked not to go in Slytherin...' 'Exactly' said Dumbledore, beaming once more. 'Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.'

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.