Character Quotes and a Bible Verse...

Character Quotes and a Bible Verse

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"For this very reason,
make every effort to add to your faith goodness;
and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control;
and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance,
godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness;
and to brotherly kindness, love."
- 2 Peter 1:5-7

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"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through

experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened,

vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."

- Helen Keller

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"Character is higher than intellect. A great soul

will be strong to live as well as think."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"Who you are speaks so loudly I can't

hear what you're saying."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were

going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care,

kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with

no thought of any reward. Your life will

never be the same again.”

– Og Mandino

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"No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess,

and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one have

not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act,

one's character may remain entirely unaffected

for the better."

- William James

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"The best index to a person's character is

(a) how he treats people who can't do him any good,

and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back."

- Abigail van Buren

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"If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing,

If you lose your health, you have lost something,

But if you lose your character,

you have lost everything."

- Woodrow Wilson

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"A person reveals his character by nothing

so clearly as the joke he resents."

- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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"You can tell a lot about a fellow's character

by his way of eating jelly beans."

- Ronald Reagan

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Character Quotes...

Character Quotes

"Everyone tries to define this thing called Character.

It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when

nobody's looking."

- J. C. Watts

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"You can easily judge the character of a man by how

he treats those who can do nothing for him."

- James D. Miles

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"The best index to a person's character is:

(a) how he treats people who can't do him any good,

and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back."

- Abigail van Buren

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"A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better

and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please,

or worse, to avoid trouble."

- Mahatma Gandhi

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"A man never discloses his own character so clearly

as when he describes another's."

- Jean Paul Richter

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"When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed

by choosing personality over character."

- W. Somerset Maugham

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"Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what

you're saying."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"With integrity you have nothing to fear,

since you have nothing to hide. With integrity you will

do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. With fear

and guilt removed you are free to be and do your best."

- Zig Ziglar

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"A good name, like good will, is got by many actions,

and lost by one."

- Lord Jeffrey

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"Hard work spotlights the character of people:

some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses,

and some don't turn up at all."

- Sam Ewig

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"You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by

his way of eating jellybeans."

- Ronald Reagan