Quotes about Character

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.

As we progress and become more like the Savior, we can strengthen every group with whom we associate, including families and friends.

We must renew our commitment to instilling high moral character in our students, to teaching them to treat each other with kindness, to stand up for what is right, and to respect the diversity of backgrounds and experiences that strengthen our country.

A minister of Jesus Christ should not be regardless of his attitude. If he is the representative of Jesus Christ, his deportment, his attitude, his gestures, should be of that character which will not strike the beholder with disgust.

What strikes me about Jesus is that he is a remarkably true person; he never changes his personality to fit in with whatever crowd he finds himself. He is simply himself, and he never plays to his audience.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Breed is stronger than pasture.