Quotes About Character

God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible.

The God we worship writes his name upon our faces.

We should ask God to help us toward manners. Inner gifts do not find their way to creatures without just respect.

If we assume that man actually does resemble God, then we are forced into the impossible theory that God is a coward, an idiot and a bounder.

Choose your words carefully. They reveal your inner character.

Since I was relatively new to the Bible, I was surprised by the Old Testament God. He's wrathful, but at other times, He's incredibly compassionate. He's not a one-dimensional figure at all.

One of the interesting things to me is that God grows throughout the Old Testament. He evolves, sort of matures, and becomes kinder.

My God, Donald Trump is unfit! He's ill-tempered, he's unsuited, he is not qualified, he's unsuited to be president.

God can take anything that happens to us-even bad things-and use it to shape us and make us into a better, more Christlike person-if we let Him.

There is nothing indulgent about the Moral Law. It is as hard as nails. If God is like the Moral Law, then He is not soft.

God did not intend that we should be cowards, or delinquents, or fools, or sinners or weaklings. He created us in his own image and commanded us to be men.

I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I.

Nothing reveals character more than self-sacrifice. So the highest knowledge we have of God is through the gift of His Son.

I would like to be remembered as someone who gave it all and went for it all, As a woman of strong conviction, character, dignity, and talent who always put God first.

I put Liam at the top of the list, the male actor list, because I had just seen Schindler's List again and Michael Collins, and I was just like, 'God, what an incredible actor.'

Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.

Whatever capacities there may be for enjoyment or for suffering in this strange being of ours, and God only knows what they are, they will be drawn out wholly in accordance with character.

God's loving discipline brings us face-to-face with our pride.

Be kind to yourself. God thinks you're worth his kindness. And he's a good judge of character.

We are all as God made us and frequently much worse.

God is a refiner, not an arsonist.

He (Job) did not seek the Giver because of His gifts; when all gifts were removed he still sought the Giver.

God looks with favor at pure, not full, hands.

It is easy for us to tarnish God's character because He never argues back; He never tries to defend or vindicate himself.