Quotes About Character

Ah. Ah! A man of modesty, either so false that it may be true or so true that it seems entirely false. I can see why Bayard speaks so well of you, sir.

It is how decent, civilized people behave, Captain Ransom. Though I suppose that to someone of your level of moral fortitude, it must seem remarkable.

I suddenly felt a bit more humble. It was probably good for me.

My father used to speak to me often of the nature of power, Veredis said. One of the things he often lamented was that the only folk truly worthy to hold it were those who did not seek it.

What do we have left?" "Persons," I said quietly. "I don't understand," Susan said. "As a whole, people suck," I replied. "But a person can be extraordinary.

He who fills His pockets with the Rocks of Misdeeds shall surely sink in the River of Good Fortune.

these things may be little, but they have more impact on our kids than all the lectures about honesty we could ever deliver.

Having the right attitude is fundamental to being an effective leader.

Your responsibility is to not question God's actions or what looks like a lack of action. Your obligation is to count on God's character.

Effective leaders allow God to shape them into the kind of people they need to be for each situation they encounter.

Be a peacemaker but never at the expense of your character or God's standards.

Eventually your little choices are going to become habits that affect the bigger decisions you make in life.

The Christian life means putting off the character of the world and putting on the character of Christ.

The way we talk and our behavior should reflect positively on God.

You are being fashioned into one of two images, either God's or the worlds. Make a choice!

Adversity gives you the opportunity to exhibit godly character.

Christlikeness means to live and act as Christ lived and acted.

Whatever is true about your heart will show up in your actions.

There are no true monsters, only some people [...] who with regularity acted like a monster. It's still episodic. [...] It never works when you leave out even a small part of the picture.

If I had to marry someone, it wouldn't be a bossy little gal with a tongue like barbed-wire and a mind about as narrow.

The three most important assets in a footballer, he always said, were 'skill, flair and character'.

He explains the true character of the God of love and reassures us that ultimate power on earth will be good, not evil. It is through God and his Son that I strive to understand the world in which we live.

This emphasis on perceived refinements of character and of manner and of taste tended to distort and to flatten, and ultimately to suggest not the actual victim of an actual crime but a fictional character of a slightly earlier period, the well-brought-up virgin who briefly graces the city with her presence and receives in turn a taste of "real life".

Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.