Quotes about Character

The word of the justifying grace of God never departs from its position as the final word; it never yields itself simply as a result that has been achieved... The word remains irreversibly the last; for otherwise it would be reduced to the quality of what is calculable, a merchandise, and would thereby be robbed of its divine character. Grace would be venal and cheap. It would not be a gift.

On the other hand, every virtue and every good deed turns worthless if pride creeps into it - which happens whenever in some fashion we glory in our goodness.

I say, enhance what others might deem less than wow and make that your beauty mark.

I look back on all that now, and I realize this helped to build my character. It helped me build my own strength. So even the bad times were good. There were good times as well as bad times. But that's how memories are made, and that's why I'm sitting here today.

You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.

More often than not, it is what you are rather than what you say that will bring an unbeliever to Christ. This, then, is the ultimate apologetic. For the ultimate apologetic is: your life.

The rule of life for a perfect person is to be in the image and likeness of God.

The great test of life is ... not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage.

In the first 30 years of your life, you make your habits. For the last 30 years of your life, your habits make you.

Character produces endurance and persistence when the going gets tough, and life truly is an endurance race, not a sprint.

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

For someone's character to grow, it has to be free from internal attack. Falling down never stopped children from developing. But getting yelled at, criticized, and put down can stop them for life.