Quotes about Character
She began to notice his servant's heart, his humility, and his leadership. This attraction felt different from her prior experiences of liking guys. "Before it had always been, 'Here's the guy I want!' But this time I thought, 'Here's a man I could follow.
— Joshua Harris
Look for, and work on becoming, a man or woman who, as a single, seeks God wholeheartedly, putting Him before anything else. Don't worry about impressing the opposite sex. Instead, strive to please and glorify God. Along the way you'll catch the attention of people with the same priorities.
— Joshua Harris
Be like Josiah. When our lives disagree with the Word of God. I want to say, "This Word is true, and I must change.
— Joshua Harris
Character is doing what you don't want to do but know you should do.
— Joyce Meyer
Character is doing what you don't want to do but know you should do.
— Joyce Meyer
The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.
— Amy Grant
I'm not getting to heaven on my integrity. I'm not getting to heaven on my goodness.
— Rick Warren
The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ would take the slums out of people, and then they would take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
— Ezra Taft Benson
One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are?
— Ezra Taft Benson
A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially it is to be preferred to the appearance of riches, aquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for 2 months.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The Holy Ghost causes out feelings to be more tender. We feel more charitable and compassionate. We are calmer. We have a greater capacity to love. People want to be around us because our very countenances radiate the influence of the Spirit. We are more godly in character. As a result, we are more sensitive to the promptings of the Holy Ghost and thus able to comprehend spiritual things.
— Ezra Taft Benson