Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Character, Reflection, Words Of Wisdom

  On Old Age VI (transl. W. A. Falconer)

• As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Character, Men, Fire

  "Pro Roscio Comodeo". Oration by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Section 17), circa 76 BC.

• Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Lying, Character, Challenges

• Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Character, Study, Shame

• The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Leadership, Character, Past

• 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

  Character, Men, Honor

• No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Life, Short Life, Character

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 440-55, Tusculanarum Disputationum, I. 45, 1922.

• It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Motivation, Character, Adversity

• Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Character, Race, Habit

• A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Character, Men, Courtesy

• Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Character, Men, Suits

• The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Character, Men, Fit

  Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero (2006). “De Officiis Or on Duties on Obligations”, p.88, ReadHowYouWant.com

• When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Character, Men, Judging

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