Quotes About Character

Jake's mustache

The true test of walking in the Spirit will not be the way we act but the way we react to the daily frustrations of life.

Most of us rather like our cats to have a streak of wickedness. I should not feel quite easy in the company of any cat that walked about the house with a saintly expression.

The man who every sacred science knows, Yet has not strength to keep in check the foes That rise within him, mars his Fortune?s fame, And brings her by his feebleness to shame.

Let cunning statesmen praise or blame, Let Fortune turn or go her way, Come instant death, or lingering shame, Firm souls from virtue will not stray.

A good man may fall, but he falls like a ball [and rebounds]; the ignoble man falls like a lump of clay.

Trees loaded with fruit are bent down; the clouds when charged with fresh rain hang down near the earth: even so good men are not uplifted through prosperity. Such is the natural character of the liberal.

Do not praise an undeserving man because of his riches.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Walk worthy of the Lord.

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.

Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies.

The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the LORD will prosper.

He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

I believe the measure of a man isn't just the road he's traveled; it's the choices he's made along the way.

We are a decent, brave, resilient people. We can believe again, but we are better than this moment. We are better than this President [Trump].

My dad used to say, "Without your word, you're not a man."

It is an exciting and dangerous time, for this generation of Americans has the opportunity so rarely granted to others by fate and history. We literally have the chance to shape the future -- to put our own stamp on the face and character of America, to bend history just a little bit.

I'm just a cool type of guy who's all about positives.

Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It's the lack of limits they can't handle. That's when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.

The sermon of your life in tough times ministers to people more powerfully than the most eloquent speaker.