“God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible.”1 – Rick Warren
“Character is what a man is in the dark.” – Dwight L. Moody
“When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.” – Billy Graham
“Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test.” – Rick Warren
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Character will take you further than knowledge.” – Jack Wellman
“Integrity means that we are trustworthy and dependable, and our character is above reproach.” – Billy Graham
“Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.” – John C. Maxwell
“If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.” – Dwight L. Moody
“What the Church needs to-day is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use — men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men — men of prayer.” – E. M. Bounds
“It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply. God actually rises up storms of conflict in relationships at times in order to accomplish that deeper work in our character. We cannot love our enemies in our own strength. This is graduate-level grace. Are you willing to enter this school? Are you willing to take the test? If you pass, you can expect to be elevated to a new level in the Kingdom. For He brings us through these tests as preparation for greater use in the Kingdom. You must pass the test first.” – A. W. Tozer
“But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.” – Jerry Bridges
“A good name is what is given you by others and that which has been earned by you.” – Jack Hyles
“You can’t develop character by reading books. You develop it from conflict.” – Leonard Ravenhill
“Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of ‘the image of Christ’ must be seen and observed by others in our private life, and habits, and character, and doings.” – J. C. Ryle
“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.” – Zig Ziglar
“Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.” – Charles Spurgeon
“As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character.” – A. W. Tozer
“If lips and life do not agree, the testimony will not amount to much.” – Harry Ironside
“Our true character comes out in the way we pray.” – Oswald Chambers
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