Character Quotes

But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.

If you have to choose between character and reputation. Choose character every single time. Then you can be authentic and straight. Nothing to lose.

You can like an immoral character because she’s interesting, not because you want to have her over for dinner.

Religious devotion is for the individual. Character is for all. There is no loss if there is no devotion. Everything is lost if there is no character.

There is no such thing as senility when it comes to envy, greed laziness, wrath and pride. It's her destructive character from childhood." ~ Angelica Hopes, If I Could Tell You

Accept suffering as a part of God's tenderizing process.

Truth needs wisdom's guidance. Wisdom prevents a hard truth from getting the best of you when an imperfect character brings out the worst in you.

Don't bother about your looks, just bother about your character

Love not only transform your mental and emotional character/attitude, it also shifts your physical being, which goes thru subtle changes also. Love is POWERFUL! God is love.

You get the face you build your whole life, with work and loving and grieving and laughing and frowning.

It's not a person's depth you must discover, but their ascent. Find their path from depth to ascent.

If everyone realized the value of life, the world would be peaceful. The meaning of these words, "Do unto others as you would have them, do unto you, " would be understood: It would be practiced.

Why don't you try something really different and be the same person two days in a row?

Create a character with an obsession, then follow.

Your character determines how many followers you will have.

A man's character is best described in his epitaph

True beauty is a beautiful character shinning through.

When everything seems to be lacking integrity, you find it in yourself.

Idiosyncrasy and vicissitude had combined to stamp Sergeant Troy as an exceptional being.

Call me a Freak all u want really...I honestly take it as a compliment everytime. No matter how it was intended.

To nurture your career, it makes sense to cultivate your strengths. To nurture your moral core, it is necessary to confront your weaknesses.

You can’t build rich lives simply by reading sermons or following abstract rules. Example is the best teacher. Moral improvement occurs most reliably when the heart is warmed,

The inner struggle against one’s own weaknesses is the central drama of life.

A strong work ethic is a form of accountability, because it involves keeping a promise to one's employer. It is not the same thing as workaholism.

Vision and purpose fix our character.

If your paramount concern in life is to make sure everyone likes and approves of you, you’re going to find yourself running in circles for the rest of your life.

If you put yourself in the emotion that you want from others, you are more likely to receive it.

It is the character of the road you travel gives you wisdom not the length of the road!

If your paramount concern in life is to make sure everyone likes and approves of you, I’m sorry to say you’re going to find yourself running in circles for the rest of your life.

Be a peacemaker but never at the expense of your character or God’s standards.

The only things you can ever truly own cannot be bought with money.

Character is formed out of those small decisions taken for granted

After all, hadn't she been the one to pursue him? And Madame Dupuy had done it with a vigor that most women would have been too ashamed to display.

The actions of our closest friends say a lot about our character—what we overlook, what we contribute to and what is important to us when the world doesn’t take notice.

Your behavior is the testimony of your character.

She built her character with the adversity she had faced, so she could live the best of her life for the rest of life.

The way you handle your problems shows your character.

For it is often the hardest tasks that build the most character.

The loves of all hearts are so many mirrors revealing their characters.

The sad reality of Mankind: Faith is the currency people trade in, through their ego and selfish ways.

Wisdom along with maturity is self understanding and defining one's character through reasoning in a circumstance.

It is with words that my heart sings, with the substance of integrity my character soars and without regret I look back smiling ~bns

There's never any telling what you'll say or do next, except that it's bound to be something astonishing. By God, sir, you are a character.

You must be prepared to sacrifice your self-love to the cause, you must be ready to treat the cause as if it is life itself.

Even your sweetest character has claws, no matter how well they may be retracted and hidden (hidden even from herself).

Characters begin as your children and become your teachers.

You can never go wrong by doing what’s right.

If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility.

Besides it's not as though the prisoner can truly die, any more than a character in a novel can. You can always flip back to the first page, can't you?

But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.