Quotes about Character

This next sentence is one of the most important spiritual truths you will ever learn: God develops the fruit of the Spirit in your life by allowing you to experience circumstances in which you're tempted to express the exact opposite quality! Character development always involves a choice, and temptation provides that opportunity.

Every time you forget that character is one of God's purposes for your life, you will become frustrated by your circumstances. You'll wonder, "Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time?" One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult!

We shape our God, and then our God shapes us.

Instead of speculating about the end times and writing terrible novels about people being left behind and preaching ridiculous sermons connecting Iran to the book of Daniel, it's better if people agree that we aren't going to worry about what we can't control and we are going to become far more intentional about what we can control—loving our neighbor, becoming people of character and integrity, taking better care of the earth.

There is a direct relationship between self-discipline and self-esteem.

What we think about God-what we think God is like-will determine the relationship we have with God.

Religion makes good people better and bad people worse.

I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion.

God is not interested in our public displays of piety. He's not interested in religion in terms of the outward show. He's interested in godliness.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within.

Religion is the fruit of the Spirit, a Christian character, a true life.