Quotes about Character

The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are.

On 'Think Like a Man,' they got the best out of me because they allowed me to bring my own cadences and opinions to the character that I was playing. I think we got the best of that particular character.

I just love Ottawa because I was able to develop a lot of things, my own character as a man.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves.

Of course I want to look nice and have a good appearance, but more than the outer shell, I want people to want to be around me for my heart.

Men and women of character raise strong children who are not easily influenced by the media, corrupt schools, bad friends, and the outside world.

We don't need to be taught to lie, or to be selfish or cruel or vindictive—we need to be taught how not to.

anything you do in the dark. In other words, it's any act that you try to hide from others. So, what kind of person are you when the shades are drawn? That's really the question. "Integrity," as Dr. Werjonic used to say, "has no private life." But, of course, no one has complete integrity because everyone has things to hide. All of us act differently when no one is watching.

There is no neutral position in the Lord. You are either becoming more like Christ every day or you're becoming less like Him. That's because whether you realize it or not, you're never standing still.

Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you have an equal right to justice - that is the essence. And if it's not the essence, then we've been sold a pack of lies. The essence is everyone deserves a shot - the content of character, not the color of skin.

Sometimes, my books start with a scene I see in my mind, such as a woman in a wedding dress running away from her wedding like in 'Embers of Love.' Sometimes, a book can start with a character.