Quotes about Character

But you know He doesn't take away the rough times. He helps you through them. Besides, all the difficult stuff makes you grow. It helps you depend on Him and not on yourself." Doug to Christy, pg. 156

As writer Elisabeth Elliot phrased it, "The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman."1

Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.

For years, I've heard the question: "How could an actor be president?" I've sometimes wondered how you could be president and not be an actor.

The person who lives in the ethical sphere lives intentionally, intensively. Such a person possesses character and conviction, and is thus willing to sacrifice himself for something greater than oneself.

But take heed to pay them willingly and promptly what money they should have. With those whom one despises, one on no account should have money differences, lest it might perhaps be said that it was to get out of paying them one avoided them. No, pay them double, in order that thy disagreement with them may be thoroughly clear: that what concerns them does not concern thee at all, namely, money; and on the contrary, that what does not concern them concerns thee infinitely, namely, Christianity.

We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it.

As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character.

Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength.

None of us can hope to get anywhere without character, moral courage and the spiritual strength to accept responsibility.