It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The value of a man is in his intrinsic qualities: in that of which power cannot strip him and which adverse fortune cannot take away. That for which he is indebted to circumstances is mere trapping and tinsel.
Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.
The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves.
A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.
A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man.