for the hand can never execute any thing higher than the character can inspire.

The truest test of civilization is not the census, size of cities, or crops; but the kind of man the country turns out.

Character teaches above our wills. Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment.

Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.

The antidote to this abuse of formal government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual.

I don't think older Christians can ever fully know what an important role they play in the affirmation of younger believers. When you're just a youth, it means so much to have someone who's farther along the road say to you, "I see something in you, and I want you to be encouraged in it.

Young dreams may be wild ones, but they are never corrected by ridiculing them. They must be steered by a loving voice that has earned the right to be heard, not one enforced by means of power.

We need to ask ourselves some tough questions: Have I failed to live as Jesus taught me to? How responsible am I for the negative perceptions many have of the church?

If you are accused of being a Christian, there should be enough evidence to convict you.

Leaders are not born; I believe they are made.

Are you conducting yourself properly so that when the world looks at you it sees God's character? Ask God to help you be a good witness at all times.

That is exactly why we must keep a right heart attitude if we want God to continue to use us. There is a great responsibility to leadership. There is moreto ministry than just standing up in front of people and exercising spiritual gifts. Our lives must be right behind the scenes. We must always be on our guard against presumption. Presumption