Quotes about Character

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

You can't live wrong and pray right.

There are three persons living in each of us: the one we think we are, the one other people think we are, and the one God knows we are.

John the Baptist's training was in God's University of Silence. God takes all His great men there.

And before we can be clean and ready for Him to control, self-seeking, self-glory, self-interest, self-pity, self-righteousness, self-importance, self-promotion, self-satisfaction—and whatsoever else there be of self—must die.

was exceptional in suffering, which was often by the choice of others, but exceptional in prayer, too, which was by his own choice. If more were strong in prayer, more would be suited to suffer. Prayer develops bone as well as groan, sinew as well as saintliness, fortitude as well as fire.

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.