No matter how high has one achieved in ability and knowledge, without good character, it is still useless.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
高尚品格的人
高尚品格的人
gāo shàng pǐn gé de rén
people of integrity
Mandarin
列宁这样说过：“实践高于（理论的）认识，因为它不但有普遍性的品格，而且还有直接现实性的品格。”
列寧這樣説過：“實踐高於（理論的）認識，因為它不但有普遍性的品格，而且還有直接現實性的品格。”
liè níng zhè yàng shuō guò ： “ shí jiàn gāo yú （ lǐ lùn de ） rèn shi ， yīn wèi tā bù dàn yǒu pǔ biàn xìng de pǐn gé ， ér qiě hái yǒu zhí jiē xiàn shí xìng de pǐn gé ． ”
Thus Lenin said, “Practice is higher than (theoretical) knowledge, for it has not only the dignity of universality, but also of immediate actuality.”
Mandarin
石大律师强调，就第一答辩人的社会服务令报告可见他是个品格良好而有志争取公义的17岁少年，因此不判处他阻吓性刑罚有原则上及情理上的基础。
石大律師強調，就第一答辯人的社會服務令報告可見他是個品格良好而有志爭取公義的17歲少年，因此不判處他阻嚇性刑罰有原則上及情理上的基礎。
shí dà lǜ shī qiáng diào ， jiù dì yī dá biàn rén de shè huì fú wù lìng bào gào kě jiàn tā shì ge pǐn gé liáng hǎo ér yǒu zhì zhēng qǔ gōng yì de １７ suì shào nián ， yīn cǐ bù pàn chù tā zǔ xià xìng xíng fá yǒu yuán zé shàng jí qíng lǐ shàng de jī chǔ ．
Mr Shek stressed that it can be seen from the 1st respondent’s Community Service Order Suitability Report that the 1st respondent was a 17-year-old young man of good character who was eager to fight for justice. Therefore, the decision not to impose a deterrent sentence on him was a principled one supported by good reason.