Quotes about Character

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle.

Tolerating a wrong attitude toward another person causes you to follow the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are.

We imagine that a little anxiety and worry is an indication of how wise we really are; it may be an indication of how wicked we really are.

Drudgery is one of the finest touchstones of character there is. Drudgery is work that is very far removed from anything to do with the ideal - the utterly mean grubby things; and when we come in contact with them we know instantly whether or not we are spiritually real.

Conceit makes the way God deals with me personally the binding standard for others.

The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters.

It is not what a man does that is of final importance, but what he is in what he does. The atmosphere produced by a man, much more than his activities, has the lasting influence. The

You have inherited the Divine nature, says Peter, now screw your attention down and form habits, give diligence, concentrate. 'Add' means all that character means. No man is born either naturally or supernaturally with character, he has to make character. Nor are we born with habits; we have to form habits on the basis of the new life God has put into us.

Beware of anything that would tarnish God's mirror in you. It is always something good stains it—good, but not best.

Sanctification means being made one with Jesus so that the nature that controlled Him will control us.

Holiness is the balance between my nature and the law of God as expressed in Jesus Christ.