Quotes about Character

One thing about me, when I'm wrong I'll admit it. Well. That's a good trait to have.

The secret of his success? "I will speak ill of no man," he said, ". . and speak all the good I know of everybody.

Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people, that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret of his success? "I will speak ill of no man," he said, " … and speak all the good I know of everybody.

I once asked General Eisenhower's son, John, if his father ever nourished resentments. "No," he replied, "Dad never wastes a minute thinking about people he doesn't like.

But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

I will speak ill of no man," he said, " … and speak all the good I know of everybody.

Let us not argue over our being labeled as either spiritual or carnal. If we are not governed by the Holy Spirit what profit will the mere designation of spiritual be to us? This is after all a matter of life, not of title.

He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires.

The crisis of community has its source in the corruption of character.

He found identity and status in the possession of things. Liam was quiet, thoughtful, slow to speak, and always gave away more than he took in.

Truth is, our hardship does not determine His character or His love for us, and it doesn't make Him any less King or any less capable or any less good or any less in love with us. The choice is ours.

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.