Strength Of Character Quotes

Yes, it hurts to fall— ache, tenderness—but each scar is a sign your system is working.

It is one thing to be brave in front of others, perhaps for fear of being branded a coward and becoming diminished in their eyes, but another entirely to be brave when there is nobody to witness your courage. The latter is an elemental bravery, a strength of spirit and character.

God has given every man incomparably great power to reach the highest calling in life.

Let them learn at school whatever they learn to pass the examinations, but at home let the education that you provide be the kind that widens their perceptions and takes away the germs of prejudices that infect them while they are out in the world.

Do all the works you can while you still have the strength to work.

The most painful moments and memories eventually lead to the greatest strengths and growth in life.

Strong people are the ones who can smile for others' happiness

Everything I do in its essence is about helplessness. That's the story I want to tell all the time. It's the story I wanted to live - somebody who appears to be, or is, weak becoming stronger.

We are strengthening by different experiences in life;Sad times, happy moments.Poverty, riches.Failure, success.Troubles, good times.Losing, winning.

Freedom is not the ability to do whatever you want. Freedom is the strength of character to do what is good, true, noble, and right.

The things that knock you down in life are tests, forcing you to make a choice between giving in and remaining on the ground or wiping the dirt off and standing up even taller than you did before you were knocked down. I’m choosing to stand up taller. I’ll probably get knocked down a few more times before this life is through with me, but I can guarantee you I’ll never stay on the ground.

You have the power within your reach to create what you desire.

I've learnt not to draw my sword first to strike. That in no way portends I have the most feeble of minds or might . . . Probably, I'm waiting for the perfect moment to startle with a fatal strike.

With God, you are stronger than your struggles and more fierce than your fears. God provides comfort and strength to those who trust in Him. Be encouraged, keep standing, and know that everything's going to be alright.

But how can they just decide that we're animals? They don't even know us," I said."We know us," said Mother. "They're wrong. And don't ever allow them to convince you otherwise. Do you understand?

When fear no longer takes hold, the possibilities are endless.

Authentic inspiration endows individuals with mental or spiritual energy which they are then able to transform into positive action. It can make all the difference between a man, woman, or child allowing despair to permanently paralyze any dreams they may have for their lives, or, exercising sufficient strength of will to make those dreams a reality.

Thank God for allowing you to see another day. No matter what, keep trusting, keep believing, be strong, have hope. The best is yet to come.

Knowledge planted in truth grows in truth.Strength born of peace loses nothing to hate.

...My deepest personal reason for staying in Paris is that whatever I have as a character, good or bad, is based on the fact that since the age of four I have never run away from anything however painful or dangerous when I thought it was my duty to take a stand -- the American Ambassador to France upon being asked to evacuate Paris by the State Department on the eve of Nazi occupation of Paris in 1940

And even when success comes, as I am sure it will, bear in mind that there are more quiet and enviable joys than to be among the most sought after women at a ball...

Fire can destroy or purify, strengthen or weaken, all depending on the nature of the material being burned. Pain has the same effects on the human soul, and for the same reasons.

Your strength doesn't come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level.

I’m planting a tree to remind me to be open and kindhearted.

Whatever he knows of his weaknesses, Private Mulvaney is wholly ignorant of his strength.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

Those who dare take risks shall fulfill their passions.

Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it.

It is only when we see the worst that Man can offer, tthat we begin to see the best that Man still holds. If they are blinded by greed, then it’s time to pick up our virtual stones so we can start knocking sense into ‘em...

I'm planting a tree to teach me to gather strength from my deepest roots.

She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable. She is a survivor.

It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you.

Without challenge we fail to develop the higher self.

With the power of God, we can scale any wall.