Quotes about Character

What happens outwardly in your life is not as important as what happens inside you. Your circumstances are temporary, but your character will last forever.

Character is never built in a classroom; it is built in the circumstances of life.

Many of the most important and life-changing moments of my life occurred when I was a young man. The lessons I learned then formed my character and shaped my destiny.

As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people. As you overcome adversity in your life, you will become stronger.

The fruit of your life will be what you believe you are.

In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest form of appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - John F. Kennedy

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. [Quoting Reverend Phillips Brooks, during Remarks at Presidential Prayer Breakfast, February 7 1963]

The Hebrew word for meek really means "to be molded."

Our conduct is not the basis for our salvation, but is influenced by our salvation.

God is a logical, rational being, though he does not necessarily conform to the laws of any human system of logic. The laws of logic are an aspect of his own character. Being logical is his nature and his pleasure. So the fact that he cannot be illogical is not a weakness. It may not be fairly described as a lack of power. Indeed it is a mark of his great power that he always acts and thinks consistently, that he can never be pushed into the inconsistencies that plague human life.