Quotes About Character

An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.

something must exist in which the truth of the heart can constantly renew itself, in which the spirit can be cleansed, the eye cleared, the character strengthened. And there is: adoration. Nothing is more important for man than to incline his spirit before God, personally to experience the truth that is God—this is great and sacred and salutary for body and soul.

Another step is the acceptance of our destiny. Destiny is not accident. It possesses a logical consistency which is determined externally by the connection of events but also internally by the nature and character of the person involved.

Aristotle once said, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act,

He had learned a lesson about propaganda in politics and mused wearily that "no character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false." If a charge was made often enough, people assumed in the end "that a person so often accused cannot be entirely innocent.

A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.

Voters don't have to love him, Romney advisers say, but they will respect him.

Must there always be "wars and rumors of war"? Accepting the inevitability of war is one thing, but glorifying war in the name of God and claiming that it reflects strong character and patriotism is quite another.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character, it's about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don't see.

Promise from God | PROVERBS 12:4 | A worthy wife is a crown for her husband, but a disgraceful woman is like cancer in his bones.

Self-reliance and arrogance have no place among God's people or in his kingdom.

You know best who you really are by watching what you do rather than listening to what you say.

Women, you have to treat them like shit," Trump said in a 1992 New York magazine interview. Evidence suggests he has maintained that philosophy.

Trump has stated he has never asked for God's forgiveness for anything ever in his life and shows no signs of changing his behavior.

First, he lies to prop himself up, to make himself look better in other people's eyes than he is in reality. Second, Trump lies to be mean, to sadistically tear other people down and make them feel small.

boldly summed up in a 1998 Southern Baptist resolution. "We implore our government leaders to live by the highest standards of morality both in their private actions and in their public duties," it read, "and thereby serve as models of moral excellence and character."5

Sadly, the lack humility and expansive presence of pride in the words and deeds of Donald Trump make him unqualified to be president of the United States of America. He should not be given four more years to hold the highest political office in our land. Christians who ignore this not only undermine the present and future good of the nation, but also their witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them,

Voters tend to forget that presidents are, first and foremost, people. If they are unbalanced, nasty, and hypocritical, that will be reflected in their judgment and job performance. If

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character," John Morley,

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them," publisher Malcolm S. Forbes once said. In Hillary Clinton's case, because she is so nasty to agents and hostile toward law enforcement officers and military officers in general, agents consider being assigned to her detail a form of punishment. In fact, agents say being on Hillary Clinton's detail is the worst duty assignment in the Secret Service.

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

Es genügt ja nicht, Macht und Reichtum zu erlangen; die Menschen wollen tugendhaft erscheinen und sich tugendhaft fühlen.