Quotes about Character

was exceptional in suffering, which was often by the choice of others, but exceptional in prayer, too, which was by his own choice. If more were strong in prayer, more would be suited to suffer. Prayer develops bone as well as groan, sinew as well as saintliness, fortitude as well as fire.

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

Ability without honor is useless.

What's amazing is that so many leaders who value teamwork will tolerate people who aren't humble. They reluctantly hire self-centred people and then justify it because those people have desired skills.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction.

The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.

The fruit does not make the tree good or bad but the tree itself is what determines the nature of the fruit. In the same way, a person first must be good or bad before doing a good or bad work.

You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.

Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.

Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.