William Shakespeare Quotes About Character

• Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.226

• Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Death, Running

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

• To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Graduation, Honesty

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

• Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; Take honour from me, and my life is done.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Karma, Respect

  'Richard II' (1595) act 1, sc. 1, l. 177

• This above all; to thine own self be true.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Graduation

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

• Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.

  William Shakespeare

  Character, Men, Jewels

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 155

• Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I ha' lost my reputation, I ha' lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial!

  William Shakespeare

  Character, Reputation, Lost

  1603-4 Cassio to Iago. Othello, act 2, sc.3, l.256-8.

• In thy face I see the map of honour, truth and loyalty.

  William Shakespeare

  Loyalty, Truth, Character

  William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.486

• One man in his time plays many parts.

  William Shakespeare

  Birthday, Character, Men

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 139

• To wilful men, the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters.

  William Shakespeare

  Wisdom, Character, Men

  William Shakespeare (2001). “King Lear”, p.165, Classic Books Company

• There is a kind of character in thy life, That to the observer doth thy history, fully unfold.

  William Shakespeare

  Character, Personality, Kind

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1805). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.315

• Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all the characters of age?

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Character, Names

  William Shakespeare, Giorgio Melchiori (1989). “The Second Part of King Henry IV”, p.76, Cambridge University Press

• I say, without characters, fame lives long.

  William Shakespeare

  Character, Long, Long Life

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson (1808). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.82

• Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Character, Men

  William Shakespeare (1855). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With a Life of the Poet, and Notes, Original and Selected; Together with a Copious Glossary”, p.409

• Men should be what they seem.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Character, Reflection

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes”, p.371

• Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?

  William Shakespeare

  Character, Hands, Play

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 1, l. 33

• I am sure,
  Though you can guess what temperance should be,
  You know not what it is.

  William Shakespeare

  Character, Should, Temperance

  William Shakespeare (2009). “Antony and Cleopatra”, p.94, Palgrave Macmillan

• Most subject is the fattest soil to weeds.

  William Shakespeare

  Weed, Character, Soil

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Bowdler (1849). “The Family Shakespeare: In One Volume, in which Nothing is Added to the Original Text, But Those Words and Expressions are Omitted which Cannot with Propriety be Read Aloud in a Family”, p.420

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