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When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.

— Orison Swett Marden

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet remain comparatively useless - be unhappy - and die a bankrupt in soul.

— George Matthew Adams

I say that no man can be greater than the man who bravely and heroically sacrifices his life for the good of others. No man can be greater than the one who meets death face to face, and yet will not shrink from what he believes to be his highest duty.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

— Chanakya

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

— Bob Marley

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

— Marcus Aurelius

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

— James F. Cooper

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

— Henry Clay

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

— Blaise Pascal

✗Opposing Perspectives

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

— Benjamin Disraeli