Quotes About Character

And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It's character building.

Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.

To live each day as though one's last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing - here is the perfection of character.

Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.

Every believer must test all teachers to-day, for himself, by the Word of God, and their attitude to the atoning Cross of Christ, and other fundamental truths of the gospel, and not be misled into testing "teaching" by the character of the teacher. Good men can be deceived, and Satan needs good men to float his lies under the guise of truth.

Hard wood grows slowly. Be thoughtful about the shape you want to grow into, and be mindful that there is no shortcut to strength and character. Have the patience to allow yourself and your goals to develop.

Do not be wise in words — be wise in deeds.

As he thinks in his heart, so he is.

Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.

He who puts up with insult invites injury.

Why are you distressed, And why is your face fallen? 7cSurely, if you do right, There is uplift. But if you do not do right Sin couches at the door; Its urge is toward you, Yet you can be its master.

Chairman Mao taught us that "inner beauty is much more valuable than outward appearance." How

It seems to me unthinkable that a man with his background of slander, abuse, innuendo, expediency and resort to all the most devious political devices should ever occupy an office which we have tried for generations to exalt in the esteem of young people and the world

Many a Man would have been worse, if his Estate had been better.19

John Adams told him. "And if you do not rise . . . to the head of your country, it will be owing to your own Laziness, Slovenliness, and Obstinancy." 65

Maybe when she'd been eighteen it was a quality she might have laughed at, but at twenty-eight, dependability had turned into something of an aphrodisiac.

Bunter came with me in the role of a friend. A role he has always played to perfection." "It does not require dissimulation, my lord," said Bunter. "Thank you," said Peter.

While humility feels weak, the truth is that humility is a sign of great strength. Humility is about putting ego aside. The word humility comes from a Latin word humilitas, which means grounded or low. When we are "grounded", we aren't easily swayed. We stand firm in who we are, who we belong to, and who we are committed to be going forward. A grounded person isn't looking for recognition because she is at peace with her worth in God's eyes.

I am moved by a person's honest actions and how they treat those around them. These are the qualities I look for in those I wish to have close to me.

Strong Christian homes cannot be built out of weak Christians.

Forget about what goblins would do. Forget about what an adventurer would do. I need to figure out what Jig should do.

What I have in common with the character in 'Truman' is this incredible need to please people. I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.

How would the person I'd like to be, do the things I'm about to do?