Quotes About Character

In the face of staggering questions and assaults against your faith and even God's character, are you content with the Who of your life as opposed to the often empty nature of the why?

We all make choices, but in the end, our choices make us.

Conflict is one of the many tools that God will use to help you develop a more Christ-like character.

Proverbs 19:11

Conflict is one of the many tools that God will use to help you develop a more Christ-like character. To begin with, he may use conflict to remind you of your weaknesses and to encourage you to depend more on him (2 Cor. 12:7–10).

Slander involves speaking false and malicious words about another person. The Bible repeatedly warns against such talk (e.g., Lev. 19:16; Titus 2:3) and commands us to "have nothing to do" with slanderers who refuse to repent (2 Tim. 3:3–5). We should be especially sobered by the fact that the Greek word diabolos, translated as "slanderer" or "accuser," is used thirty-four times in the Bible as a title for the devil, the world's chief slanderer.

If you indulge in reckless talk, falsehood, gossip, slander, or worthless talk, you will not only stir up conflict, but also erode your own character and relationship with God. Therefore, for the sake of peace and spiritual growth, renounce all such talk and seek God's help in overcoming it.

Conflict always provides an opportunity to glorify God, that is, to bring him praise and honor by showing who he is, what he is like, and what he is doing.

To read Shakespeare is to feel encompassed -- the plays contain practically every word I know, practically every character type I have ever met, and practically every idea I have ever had.

Surely, it would not take much to distinguish between the character of a person who foresaw a world ending "not with a bang but a whimper," and one who feared some mighty holocaust, as were the planets ripped into smithereens by explosions from within.

Don't fool yourself by thinking you can talk ugly about somebody and then act lovingly toward them. You can't. Your actions are going to fall right in line with your words. That's a biblical principle.

Character": Eccentric, impractical. A pronounced drunk.

It indicates very poor breeding," Miss Simpkins informed me primly. "We are not dogs or horses," I insisted hotly. "None of us gets to choose how we're born, it's what we make of ourselves afterward.

Sins of omission, Louis said. You don't believe in sins. I believe there are failures of character, like I said before. That's a sin.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.

He who is full of faith and modesty, who shrinks from sin, and is full of learning, who is diligent, unremiss, and full of understanding?he, being replete with these seven things, is esteemed a wise man.

Strength and courage are basic virtues for both followed and follower.

Abraham Lincoln truly inspired me. It wasn't just the freeing of the slaves, he kept the Union together. Some people even forget that today. What I think inspired me was the fact that in spite of being the President of the United States he retained a certain down-to-earth quality. He never got to be a big shot, and he cared about people.

We're headed the right way, but we cannot rest. We're a people whose energy and drive have fueled our rise to greatness. And we're a forward-looking nation--generous, yes, but ambitious, not for ourselves but for the world. Complacency is not in our character--not before, not now, not ever.

The rumors, not the truth, were enough to destroy a girl's reputation.

The truest characters of ignorance Are vanity, pride, and arrogance; As blind men use to bear their noses higher Than those that have their eyes and sight entire.

Being a man or a woman is a matter of birth. Being a man or a woman who makes a difference is a matter of choice.

The person who believes in God and the person who does not believe in God do not merely disagree about God. They disagree about the character of the universe.