Eileen Myles Quotes

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.

Talent is a gift, but our character is a choice. Talent is natural ability, our gift from God, but we have the power to determine our character. That power rests on a foundation consisting of the choices we make in life. And those choices almost always dictate the amount of trust others have in us, and to what level of leadership we rise.

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.

There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious.

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.

The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.

Judgment without character is expediency... or worse.

People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man.

As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character.

To be a great leader, first become a great person.

Virtue is no empty echo.

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece - by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.

I am accounted by some people as a good man. How cheap that character is acquired! Pay your debts, don't borrow money, nor twist your kitten's neck off, nor disturb a congregation, etc., your business is done. I know things of myself, which would make every friend I have fly me as a plague patient.

We do not need more knowledge, we need more character!

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it.

The president Donald Trump has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. He also recently has not demonstrated that he understands the character of his nation.

The thing that must be preserved in all situations whatever is the reputation of one's character.

We have to judge presidents not only by the long-term consequences of their actions but also by how they make citizens in their own day feel. One reason that Nixon never succeeded in his comeback campaign is that he had such a negative impact on public trust at the time of his presidency.

The difference between a great man and a little man is their commitment to Integrity and Hard Work

For as much as to understand and to be mighty are great qualities, the higher that they be, they are so much the less to be esteemed if goodness also abound not in the possessor.