Quotes About Character

success is when those who know you best respect you most.

He was a big man; fifty or so, with greased-back grey hair and an expression that looked as if it had been kicked into position.

Judge not, by the extent of one's wealth, but by the means used to obtain it.

We can think twice, no, three times, before being openly critical, or rude, or angry. In going about the work God gives us, we must treat every person well, regardless of station or potential benefit to us. Let us stay keenly aware of the endless ripple of just being ourselves. For good and bad, we're all in PR.

Never leave the impression that you're the hero or the smartest

God created the church, we have said, so that it might increasingly reflect the character of God as it's been revealed in his Word. In keeping with the storyline of the entire Bible, then, church discipline is the act of excluding an individual who carelessly brings disrepute onto the gospel and shows no commitment to doing otherwise.

A healthy church is a congregation that increasingly reflects God's character as his character has been revealed in his Word.

It is only in the context of understanding something of God's character, of his righteousness and perfection, that we begin to understand the tremendous nature of saying that God truly is love, and his love has a depth, texture, fullness, and beauty to it that we, in our present state, can only begin to wonder at.

You aren't what's been done to you but what Jesus has done for you. You aren't what you do but what Jesus has done. What you do doesn't determine who you are. Rather, who you are in Christ determines what you do.

Anyone can suffer but it takes a stout heart to suffer well. Pippin never loses his simple Hobbit sense, nor does he succumb to the temptation to use his suffering as an excuse to sully himself

He has done the best he could in a difficult situation, and his conscience is clean. It is far more important to be trustworthy than to seem trustworthy, a lesson he learnt from a lanky man named Strider long ago

The only person who had any control was Jonathan Harris. His character was so flamboyant that he was able to make things happen. My character was fairly one-dimensional, so I had my relationship with Dr. Smith and with the family.

Both partners describe one of their own character flaws. Humility resolves self-righteousness.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence." —GEORGE WASHINGTON

Humility is the surest sign of strength. —THOMAS MERTON, AUTHOR AND TRAPPIST MONK

I want my name to mean me.

When Satan is released for a brief time at the end of the millennium, his 1000-year prison sentence has not reformed his character. He has not changed. And mankind has not changed either.

if your heart is not right, no one cares about your leadership skills.

title doesn't make someone a leader—and the absence of a title shouldn't keep someone from leading.

Ninety percent of our success as leaders will be determined by what's below the waterline. It's our leadership character that ultimately drives what we do, and why. It is a true reflection of who we really are as human beings.

You can lead, with or without, a title. If you wait until you get a title, you could wait forever.

Leadership character is the primary driver of your success as a leader." "What about skills?" Blake asked. "They are important, but the lack of skills is not what derails most leaders—skills are too easy to learn. It is ultimately leadership character that determines our opportunity for influence and impact.

when leaders fail to thrive, the culprit is often their leadership character, not their lack of skills.

Man owns nothing, never will, though he holds on to illusions of such, in the end he finds what is left-character and integrity. And if none be found was he truly here? By Mark Miller