Inspirational Quotes on Character

“The heart is the mainspring.”

“It is possible for you to get a grip on the thing that used to have a grip on you. And instead of it controlling you--you are now controlling it.”

“Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.”

“Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak, but they show what he is.”

“Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle.”

“Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.”

“Take heed of jesting; many have been ruined by it. It is hard to jest, and not sometimes jeer too, which often sinks deeper than we intended or expected.”

“It is good to make a jest, but not to make a trade of jesting.”

“Make no vows to perform this or that; it shows no great strength, and makes thee ride behind thyself.”

“There are heads sometimes so little, that there is no room for wit, sometimes so long that there is no wit for so much room.”

“A man is not good or bad for one action.”

“A man surprised is half beaten.”

“Better be alone than in bad company.”

“Every tub must stand on its own bottom.”

“Fame sometimes hath created something of nothing.”

“Great and good are seldom the same man.”

“If an ass goes traveling he will not come home a horse.”

“Words must be weighed, not counted.”

“When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner.”

“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.”