Character And Power Quotes
Collection of top 72 famous quotes about Character And Power
Character And Power Quotes & Sayings
Happy to read and share the best inspirational Character And Power quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes.
A man's character is most evident by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or reciprocate.
— Paul Eldridge
Greatness of mind becomes an object of love only when the power at work in it itself has a noble character
— Karl Jaspers
If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.
— Matthew Simpson
Character - not wealth, power, or position - is the supreme word.
— John D. Rockefeller
To test a man's character, give him power. Once people have power they will always reveal themselves.
— Zelda La Grange
Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man.
— Edmund Burke
Do not lower your standard to keep anyone. Make them meet you at your level. Self respect is power.
— Auliq Ice
The greatest advantage of books does not always come from what we remember of them, but from their suggestiveness, their character-building power.
— Orison Swett Marden
Strive to be a person of character not a person of power.
— Debasish Mridha
Character is power, and is the best advertisement in the world.
— Orison Swett Marden
Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie.
— Marcus Aurelius
The power of movies lies in the fact that it enables the viewer to enter the reality, to some extent, of the characters.
— Eckhart Tolle
what is the truth about the inner motivations, character, and ambition of those who hold power?
— Stephen R. Covey
Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.
— William Arthur Ward
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
— Abraham Lincoln
Have confidence in God's character, love, and power.
— Katy Kauffman
No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
— Orison Swett Marden
Nothing discloses character like the use of power.
— Robert Green Ingersoll
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
— Plautus
Don't be intimidated by power, wealth or station, character alone makes all the difference.
— Joe Biden
My People: Prepared and never scared, fueled by faith in a sea of despair - we rise and we shine, 'cause it's like that'!
— T.F. Hodge
The power of the pen does not reside in the ink but in the character of the person doing the writing.
— Aaron Fruh
Kindness is strength, courtesy is power.
— T.A. Uner
Every day, strive to refine your contagious shine, and shake the nonsense offered by those who lack the will to polish-up from within.
— T.F. Hodge
Economic power is not the same as strength of national character. Our country may be rich in goods, but we are poor in spirit.
— Richard M. Nixon
The hero was the sort of character you could feel yourself falling in love with, no matter how much you tried to convince yourself that he wasn't real
— Heather James
The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.
— Augustus Hare
Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character.
— Darren Shan
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.
— Alfred Adler
[priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion, and to a superior sanctity of character, distinct from virtue and good morals.
— David Hume
You put a character out there and you're in their power. You're in trouble if they're in yours.
— Ann Beattie
Power does not alter a man's character. It merely reveals it.
— Carlos Fuentes
Does not the possibility or the power to do something about the situation at hand confer on one the responsibility to do it?
— Rollo May
Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.
— Sathya Sai Baba
Power is a test - the test - of character.
— Evalyn Walsh McLean
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Do not judge a man by where he stands, but how he reached there.
— Raheel Farooq
Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.
— John Howe
There is no stronger test of a person's character than power and authority, exciting as they do every passion, and discovering every latent vice.
— Plutarch
No man can use his Bible with power unless he has the character of Jesus in his heart.
— Alan Redpath
Money equals business which equals power, all of which come from character and trust.
— J. P. Morgan
Freedom is not the ability to do whatever you want. Freedom is the strength of character to do what is good, true, noble, and right.
— Matthew Kelly
Power does not corrupt; it merely elevates the degree in which something is done that has already been pursued.
— Felix O. Hartmann
When you play a character with power and energy, people lock into that and go, "Oh, this must be the guy."
— Jeremy Piven
The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.
— Abraham Lincoln
Character is power.
— Booker T. Washington
The only color we must be cynical about is never skin color but, the color of character for what character can do, skin color may never be able to do.
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Great power requires great character if it is to be a blessing and not a curse, and that character is something we only grow toward.
— Dallas Willard
The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Prayer is, above all, a means of forming character. It combines freedom and power with service and love. What
— Dallas Willard
One should try to locate power at the extreme of its exercise, where it is always less legal in character.
— Michel Foucault
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
— John Adams
Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.
— Aristotle.
Absolute power doesn't corrupt, but rather, reveals character.
— Orrin Woodward
You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
— Richard Bach
The power of a woman is in her beauty. Show it off every time you have the chance
— Bangambiki Habyarimana
Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.
— Aristotle.
Sound character is our greatest asset because it provides the power with which we may ride the emergencies of life instead of going down under them.
— Napoleon Hill