Quotes about Character

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

You can't live wrong and pray right.

There are three persons living in each of us: the one we think we are, the one other people think we are, and the one God knows we are.

John the Baptist's training was in God's University of Silence. God takes all His great men there.

And before we can be clean and ready for Him to control, self-seeking, self-glory, self-interest, self-pity, self-righteousness, self-importance, self-promotion, self-satisfaction—and whatsoever else there be of self—must die.

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.