Quotes About Character

Character is doing what you don't want to do, but know you should do. There's plenty of room and company on the broad road, but it's not easy to walk on that narrow path.

Muchas personas tienen talento pero no se molestan en formar buenos hábitos. No se disciplinan a sí mismas para hacer lo que saben que deberían hacer, sino en cambio esperan a ser movidas por alguna fuerza exterior.

May 30 word: Example People believe a lot more of what they see you do than what they hear you do. That's why it is important that we take the responsibility to set a good, Biblical example. How we live in front of people and even behind closed doors at home is essential to being an effective witness.

For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good—whether apparent or not] keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit). 1 Peter 3:10

God desires that we become like Jesus in all of our ways, working with the Holy Spirit toward spiritual maturity and godly character.

Matthew 5:41 says to go the extra mile—don't just do what you have to do. I believe the Lord has caused me to know that real excellence is to do the more excellent thing even when nobody is looking—even when nobody is around to reward us, notice us, or recognize us as exceptional people.

Proverbs 23:7: "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

El gran carácter no se desarrolla mediante la facilidad y la conveniencia, sino mediante hacer AHORA lo que hay que hacer a pesar de lo difícil que sea.

What happens in private always has an effect upon what happens in public. 3.

Doing the right thing once or even a few times does not equal success, but habitually doing right will produce a life worth living. It may not be easy, but it will be worth the effort. The person who never gives up always sees victory.

Él no muestra prejuicios ni favoritismos con ciertas personas, y deberíamos seguir su ejemplo.

Real love has little to do with gooey emotions and goose bumps; and it has everything to do with the choices we make about the way we treat people.

Occasionally we see "shooting stars" in ministry—people who come out of seemingly nowhere and practically overnight are known worldwide, usually because they happened to get in with a certain group of people who had an ability to open doors for them. Rarely do their ministries last. They often get into trouble financially or morally because character is built during the hard times of waiting, but they didn't go through that character-building time.

Even when things are coming against me and things aren't working out the way I'd like, I still want to display the character of Jesus Christ.

We need to be like the ant. We need to be the kind of people who are self-motivated and self-disciplined, those who do what is right because it is right, not because someone may be looking or because someone is making us do it.

Jamás escoja hacer lo malo solo porque los demás lo hagan! ¡Sea un ejemplo a seguir en lugar de alguien que incluso usted mismo se avergüence de conocer!

Too often, we Christians expect life to be perfect and for everything to go smoothly for us. We expect success, happiness, joy, peace, and everything else. When we're thwarted, we pout or complain. Although God does want us to have a good life, there will be times when we must be patient and endure not getting our way. These disappointments test our character and level of spiritual maturity. They actually show whether or not we truly are ready for promotion.

Listen to me ... and I want you to remember this. Your legs are part of you, but not all of you or what you are. So wherever we go after tonight, I need you to know that you are no less for the injury. Even if you are in a chair, you still stand as tall as you ever did. Height is just a vertical number - it doesn't mean shit when it comes to your character or the kind of life you live.

People didn't get nice by accident, did they? They had parents who were nice. Nice to their kids, nice to others.

People didn't get nice by accident, did they? They had parents who were nice. Nice to their kids, nice to others. His parents . . . well, they didn't understand the concept of "nice.

She sounds... cruel. There were many sides to Grace, Fiske said. ... Beatrice leaned closer to the screen. Grace made her own husband, Nathaniel Harford, an Outcast.

You needn't worry about your appearance, my dear, because true beauty springs from the heart and dwells in the eyes.

Consider what an amoral, unprincipled cynicI am-think of all the improvements you could make to my character.

Some women need no jewels to make them sparkle. You are one of them.