The Measure of a Man Quotes: Wisdom on Character & Integrity

The measure of a man is not how much he has, but how much he gives.

A man's character is his fate.

Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Character is how you behave when no one is looking.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

A man of integrity is one who keeps promises even when it costs more than expected.

Your actions speak so loud I can't hear what you're saying.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

A man is not great because of his wealth or title, but because of his honesty and fairness.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.

Fearless may be a bit too strong, but I'm not afraid to take risks.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.

Fortune favors the bold.

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

An effective leader is a servant first.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Leadership is action, not position.

You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Strength does not come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't.

Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

The greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.

We rise by lifting others.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment.

The humble man, while he contemns himself, esteems others.

To be humble is to accept that you are part of something greater.

Great men are both humble and daring.

The measure of a man is not in how he stands during comfort, but how he bends during storm.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

The fool thinks he knows everything; the wise man knows he knows nothing.

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

He who knows not and knows not he knows not is a fool—shun him.

The wise man is not wise because he thinks he knows, but because he knows he doesn’t know.

Knowledge is power.

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.

The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams, and aspirations of all of his children.

Family is not an important thing, it’s everything.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

Being a father has been the greatest honor of my life.

The love of a father is the fuel that powers a child's life.

A father carries pictures where his money used to be.

The greatest gift I ever had came from God: I call him Dad.

To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.

A father is neither an anchor to hold us back nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.

Children need models rather than critics.

The greatest legacy one can pass on is not money or material things, but a legacy of character and faith.

Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. Love is about how much you love each other every single day.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

Where there is love, there is life.

Love makes a man brave and humble at the same time.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

We loved with a love that was strong and pure.

A man who loves deeply burns twice as bright—and twice as fast.

The measure of a man is how much he loves, not how much he earns.

Love is the bridge between two hearts.

In real love, you want the other person's happiness even if you're not part of it.

Success is not measured by how high you climb, but how many people you bring with you.

The measure of success is not wealth, but impact.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Opportunities don't happen. You create them.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Dream big and dare to fail.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.