A Quote by Samuel Johnson

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson
English - Writer
September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Ann Landers It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

Vince Lombardi

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

Ann Landers

I have heard it said that the measure of a civilization is how it treats those who have hurt it. I think a further measure is how it treats those who deeply disappoint it.

Mark Goulston

The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give.

Philip K. Dick

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

J. K. Rowling

How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.

Chen Guangcheng

The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members

Mahatma Gandhi

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

Abigail Van Buren

Of all my father's teachings, the most enduring was the one about the true measure of a man. That true measure was how well he provided for his children, and it stuck with me as if it were etched in my brain.

Sidney Poitier

I might be botching this quote but I agree with the idea that a measure of society is not how it treats its most powerful but how it treats its most vulnerable, including the poor and incarcerated and - I would add to that - the people whose ideas are not currently in favor.

Shepard Fairey

The measure of a man is not necessarily his title or his position, but rather how he treats others.

Victor L. Brown

The ultimate test of a society's freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it's how it treats its dissidents.

Glenn Greenwald

He is the way, the truth, and the light, and no one can come back into the presence of our Father in heaven except through him. Christ is God the Son and possesses every virtue in its perfection. Therefore, the only measure of true greatness is how close a man can become like Jesus. That man is greatest who is most like Christ, and those who love him most will be most like him.