Quotes about Character

He knew that beauty faded quickly when embodied by selfishness...

Michael had been something new to him, too. He was one of those rare men who lived what he believed, not once in a while, but every hour of every day, even when the going wasn't easy. As gentle a man as he was, as tender as was his heart, there was nothing weak about Michael Hosea. He was the strongest-minded man Joseph had ever met. A man like Noah. A man like the shepherd-king, David. A man after God's own heart.

Rumors aren't worth the sand we walk on.

I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known...

When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles

We tend to become like the worst in those we oppose.

It requires good government. That does not depend upon laws or precedent, but upon the personal qualities of whoever governs.

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.