Quotes about Character
You have to look at what a person does with his life. Anyone can say that hes a Christian, but you look at how they live.
— Franklin Graham
To call yourself a child of God is one thing. To be called a child of God by those who watch your life is another thing altogether.
— Max Lucado
Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity
— Charles Swindoll
Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.
— John Maxwell
If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn't show yet.
— John Maxwell
It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person's life.
— John Eldredge
Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly.
— Thomas Jefferson
Maturity in the Christian life is measured by only one test: how much closer to his character have we become?
— Elyse Fitzpatrick
God's ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development. He wants you to grow up spiritually and become like Christ.
— Rick Warren
When life is rosy, we may slide by with knowing about Jesus, with imitating him and quoting him and speaking of him. But only in suffering will we know Jesus.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Examine from time to time what are the dominant passions of your soul, and having ascertained this, mold your life, so that in thought, word, and deed you may as far as possible counteract them.
— Francis de Sales
My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing -- by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.
— Dallas Willard