Quotes about Character

No manliness no maturity! No discipline no discipleship! No sweat no sainthood!

The true test of a man's spirituality is not his ability to speak, as we are apt to think, but rather his ability to bridle his tongue.

One of humanity's most common character traits is ingratitude.

If you go through life cheating others, you will go through life expecting others to cheat you. Liars expect to be lied to; cheaters expect to be cheated; and so on.

There are far more kind and honest people than there are courageous people.

The only people who have no bad tendencies are dead—either literally or figuratively. To be fully alive, indeed to be fully human, is to have dark tendencies. These are among the aspects of our nature that make us most human and give us our character and passions.

I have a simple rule that is of great value in identifying whom to trust: Do not choose friends on the basis of personality, 'chemistry,' or enjoyment alone. Know their character (i.e. their values and whether they act on those values) before you trust them.

I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.

No one has to be taught to trust in themselves. No one has to be taught that what you experience inside yourself is more authoritative than what comes to you externally, even if it comes from God. Since the Fall, it has been part of our character to look within ourselves.

Can this be right? An angry leader? Indeed, Jesus had this quality, and when we use it rightly, we follow Him.

A prominent businessman once replied to a question: "If I had to name the one most important quality of a top manager, I would say, personal integrity.

Lazy and disorganized people never rise to true leadership. Many who aspire to leadership fail because they have never learned to follow.