CHARACTER-GENERAL
Jesus Christ
said more about money than about any other single thing because, when it comes
to a man's real nature, money is of first importance. Money is an exact index
to a man's true character. All through Scripture there is an intimate
correlation between the development of a man's character and how he handles his
money.
Richard C. Halverson
The measure
of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity – adversity that
does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.
Character is
the one thing we make in this world and take with us into the next. The
circumstances amid which you live determine your reputation; the truth you
believe determines your character.
Reputation is
what you are supposed to be; Character is what you are.
Reputation is
what you have when you come to a new community; Character is what you have when
you go away.
Reputation is
made in a moment; Character is built in a lifetime.
Reputation
grows like a mushroom; Character grows like an oak.
Your reputation
is learned in an hour; Your character is does not come
to light for a year.
A single
newspaper report gives your reputation; a life of toil gives you your
character.
Reputation
makes you rich or makes you poor; Character makes you happy or makes you
miserable.
Reputation is
what men say about you on your tombstone; Character is what angels say about
you before the throne of God.
Your
character is what God knows you to be. Your reputation is what men think you
are.
The supreme
test of goodness is not in the greater but in the smaller incidents of our
character and practice; not what we are when standing in the searchlight of
public scrutiny, but when we reach the firelight flicker of our homes; not what
we are when some clarion-call rings through the air, summoning us to fight for
life and liberty, but our attitude when we are called to sentry-duty in the
gray morning, when the watch-fire is burning low. It is impossible to be our
best at the supreme moment if character is corroded and eaten into by daily
inconsistency, unfaithfulness, and besetting sin.
F.B. Meyer
Our Daily Walk. Christianity Today, v. 36,
n. 10.
Character
could be defined as living consistently with who God is and who I am.
Shepherding a Child’s Heart, Shepherd
Press, 1995, p. 200. Used by Permission.
The character
of Jesus Christ:
Humble
service (John 13:1-5)
Holiness (I
Peter 1:15-16)
Righteousness
(I John 3:7)
Purity (I
John 3:3)
Love
(Ephesians 5:1-2)
Forgiveness
(Colossians 3:13)
Compassion
(Ephesians 4:32)
Endurance
(Hebrews 12:2-4)
Submission (I
Peter 2:21-4)
Humility,
obedience (Philippians 2:5-8)
Kindness
(Luke 6:35)
Generous
giving (II Corinthians 8:1-9)
When we die
we leave behind us all we have, and take with us all we are.
Sow a
thought, reap an act; sow an act, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character;
sow a character, reap a destiny for yourself, your family, your church and your
world.
Character is
made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.
The test of
Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.
He is rich or
poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
The real man is one who always finds excuses
for others, but never excuses himself.
Henry Ward Beecher
Happiness is not the end of life; character is.
Our
true character comes out in the way we pray.
Character may be manifested in the great
moments, but it is made in the small ones.
The virtue of
a man ought to be measured, not by his extra-ordinary exertions, but by his
everyday conduct.
A good character is the best tombstone. Those
who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have
withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.