Quotes about Character

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

I tell young guys, you need to build accountability into your life to avoid the pitfalls.

I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don't fall into the trap of changing and modifying how I do things that aren't a positive example. I want to remain somebody that the entire family can listen to or watch.

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

By the fruits which it bears is the tree known.

My father and mother had tremendous integrity, and obviously that affected me.

I think I'm just proudest to be the lady who was asked to play Mary Poppins. She's such a wonderful character, and there's so much tremendous talent out there. So I feel very lucky to be the one who got to play her.

Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness.

What might God be trying to grow in your character or cement in your relationship with Him by keeping you separated from some of the things you want but don't yet have?

Character isn't developed when we get what we want. Character is developed when we don't get what we want.

Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.