Quotes About Character

God is who He says He is. God can do what He says He can do. I am who God says I am.

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many. Hebrews 12:15

We may be afraid to ask God to keep us humble. Why are we not far more frightened of what pride can do?

All His works are true and His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride. Daniel 4:37

Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children. Ephesians 5: 1

How has Paul kept his wonder? He never forgot who he had been.

Salvation is a gift. Godliness is the pursuit.

I usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there.

You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.

You can't buy a good reputation; you must earn it.

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.

I have to be responsible with my character, my image and my reputation.

I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army, and I'm very proud of that. But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional. I'd like to think I'm a caring human being.

Where do you go to buy back your reputation when you lose it?

Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person.

I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

Every man's reputation proceeds from those of his own household.

By being courageous enough to state the difficult truth, the most important reputation that you will preserve is your own.

Making 'Birdsong,' on the one hand you have how prestigious it is and the reputation of the book, which is something that's an extraordinary piece of work. Sebastian Faulkes is a genius. So you feel that responsibility when you're portraying that character that he's imagined and millions of readers have pictured.

I did not have a reputation to defend.

We have a long history of our reputation speaking for itself.

I've always had a reputation as a buffoon.

There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.