Quotes about Character
God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness. —C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
— Joni Eareckson Tada
But there's something earthy about my response to God that further sickens Satan. I believe he views disabilities as his last great stronghold to defame the good character of God. Suffering is that last frontier he exploits to smear God's trustworthiness.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Our life evokes our character. You find out more about yourself as you go on. That's why it's good to be able to put yourself in situations that will evoke your higher nature rather than your lower.
— Joseph Campbell
Plain horse sense ought to tell us that anything that makes no change in the man who professes it makes no difference to God, either.
— AW Tozer
What I believe about God is the most important thing about me.
— AW Tozer
The things that make me different are the things that make me ME!
— AA Milne
When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
To be or not to be is not the question, the vital question is how to be and how not to be.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
— Abraham Lincoln
No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.
— Abraham Lincoln
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
— Abraham Lincoln