Quotes about Character
The choices we make within the boundaries of the twists of fate determines who we are
- John Perkins
Every good thing in the Christian life grows in the soil of humility. Without humility, every virtue and every grace withers. That's why Calvin said humility is first, second, and third in the Christian faith.
- John Piper
humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.
- John Piper
In the end, the only 'good name' that matters is not how men feel about us, but how God feels about us.
- John Piper
Pride is no respecter of persons. The serious thinkers may be humble, and the careless mystics may be arrogant.
- John Piper
Humility is the soil in which everything good in the Christian life grows.
- John Piper
We ascribe to God. We don't add to Him.
- John Piper
The true dimensions of a soul are seen in its delights. Not what we dutifully will but what we passionately want reveals our excellence or evil.
- John Piper
Of all the books which can be put into your hands, those which relate the labors and suffering of good men are the most interesting and instructive.
- John Piper
If we are not captured by his personality and character, then all our declarations of thanksgiving are like the gratitude of a wife to a husband for the money she gets from him to use in her affair with another man.
- John Piper
A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.
- John Quincy Adams
Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone.
- John Quincy Adams