Quotes about Character

Trials are adverse circumstances that God introduces or allows in order to identify where we are spiritually and to prepare us for where He wants us to go.

It's about becoming men of character, commitment, power, and influence for Jesus Christ.

does belief that fails to issue in behavior count as genuine witness (and understanding) or not?

When you forget who you are and whose you are, you start to compromise.

Did you notice that trials do not test our character, they test our faith? Faith is fundamentally a relational term—it is not first a matter of what you believe, but of whom you trust. The battle for our trust is as old as Adam and Eve. In the midst of battle, it can seem so complex, but when the dust settles and the smoke clears, the real war is always over the same question—whom will we believe? Whom will we listen to, God or the devil?

False prophets are not motivated by love, but are motivated by a need to be noticed.

How you manage your appetite for reward is vital to who you are becoming.

We received it by asking. This means that even very gifted people are not necessarily mature Christians. They may not even have good character. Therefore, the gifts of the Spirit do not validate our walk with God.

James 4:6: "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Free people can handle liberty because they have developed character through exercising the restraint dictated by their virtues. They are not the slaves of their physical desires; rather, they train their bodies to behave in order to fulfill the higher desires created by their own virtues.

Since we were created in the image of God, we become like the God we imagine (image).

Somebody once said, "Show me a man's friends and I will tell you about that man's character." We should love everybody and never neglect the poor or needy, but the people whom we allow to influence us really determine our future.