Quotes about Character
In him was vindicated the greatness of real goodness and the goodness of real greatness.
- Phillips Brooks
Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.
- Phillips Brooks
No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle, pure, and good without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
- Phillips Brooks
Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now... Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.
- Phillips Brooks
Clemency is the noblest trait Which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
- Pierre Corneille
My earlier books, 'The Oath,' 'This Present Darkness' were pretty straight adventure. 'The Visitation' is like a deeper book, more thought-provoking. It probes at character more.
- Frank Peretti
You have an iconic character in Superman. You want to keep him vital and relevant to the audience as it evolves. So there's a creative dynamic.
- Chris Claremont
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Every volcano is a powerful illustration of God's character. He is a Vesuvius of goodness, life, and energy.
- Reinhard Bonnke
God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness. —C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
- Joni Eareckson Tada
But there's something earthy about my response to God that further sickens Satan. I believe he views disabilities as his last great stronghold to defame the good character of God. Suffering is that last frontier he exploits to smear God's trustworthiness.
- Joni Eareckson Tada