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We do not need more knowledge, we need more character!

Calvin Coolidge

Character is what you are in the dark.

D. L. Moody

There is nothing so fatal to character as half-finished tasks.

David Lloyd George

History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstance.

Donald Creighton

Character is not made in crisis; it is only exhibited.

Freeman

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrents.

Goethe

Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us.

Humboldt

Things that will destory us: Politics without principle, pleasure without conscience, wealth without work, knowledge without character, business without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice.

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Character is simply long habit continued.

Plutarch

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

Stendhal

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you. So carve you name on hearts, and not on marble.

C.H. Spurgeon

Character is much better kept than recovered.

Thomas Paine

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Woodrow Wilson

4189. OK Boomer

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... polite. The problem is he never went to the vineyard. “Now,” asked Jesus, “Which son did the will of his father”—the defiant son who said he wouldn’t work but did, or the polite one who said he would work, but didn’t? You can’t always judge character by good manners, can you? Many people have been misjudged on the basis of their etiquette. In this parable we see two types of persons. The response of the first son was defiance. “No, I won’t go. How dare you ask me to do that! You know I ...

4190. Cross Choices

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... choice of the cross isn’t easy — it wasn’t for Jesus, as his anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane proves — but the choice of the cross was and is the right choice, the best choice. That it happens at all has nothing to do with our strength of character or innate abilities. That any of us manages to follow Jesus faithfully for even one minute, let alone for a lifetime, is truly a miracle of God’s grace! God’s grace works its miracle on us, in us, and through us when, through prayer and praise and ...

4191. Temptation vs. Trial

Illustration

Fairbain

What is temptation? Seduction to evil, solicitation to wrong. It stands distinguished from trial thus: trial tests, seeks to discover the man's moral qualities or character; but temptation persuades to evil, deludes, that it may ruin. The one means to undeceive, the other to deceive. The one aims at the man's good, making him conscious of his true moral self; but the other at his evil, leading him more or less unconsciously into sin. God tries; Satan tempts.

4192. God's Pearls

Illustration

Staff

... . God said to Paul, "My strength is made perfect in your weakness." We are all as grains of sand from which God gradually and beautifully shapes us into pearls of white. Yet each pearl is formed in its own unique way, with its own flaws, its own ridges, its own character. As Christians, we must learn to see every person as a potential pearl. Some take longer than others to form; but just as a chicken never returns to the shape of an egg, once formed, one of God's pearls never returns to sand.

4193. A Firm Tone

Illustration

Staff

In 1789 an uncertain George Washington is urged to seek the presidency by Governor Morris, a Pennsylvania delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Morris writes Washington: "No constitution is the same on paper and in life. The exercise of authority depends upon personal character. Your cool steady temper is indispensably necessary to give a firm and manly tone to the new government."

4194. Sex in Prime Time

Illustration

Citations

A Florida State University study reported that a typical prime-time hour (of television) contains an average of 1.6 references to intercourse, 1.2 references to prostitution and rape, 4.7 sexual innuendos, 1.8 kisses, and 1 suggestive gesture. In all, TV characters talk about sex or display sexual behavior 15 times an hour, or once every four minutes.

4195. Wavering Notes by an Uncertain Trumpet

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

Ron Love

... felt he was embracing a mystical experience while viewing the painting. Nicolaus felt as if Christ himself was speaking those words directly to his own soul. He vowed that day to dedicate his life to the service of Jesus. Reflecting on the transformation of his character von Zinzendorf wrote, “I have loved him for a long time, but I have never actually done anything for him. From now on I will do whatever he leads me to do.” Realizing the insignificance of his life’s accomplishments he embarked upon a ...

4196. Oh, That You Would Come Down?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... was set at a time when Germany was still reeling from the tragic impact of World War II. Many people in Germany were agonizing with the question of who was responsible for the terrible agony that the Second World War had brought upon the world. Characters in the play voiced the opinions of those who were looking for answers. Was Hitler alone responsible? How about the munitions manufacturers who financed him? Did an apathetic German population share the blame? But then a man comes up out of the crowd and ...

4197. God’s Quality Control Crew

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... show centers around the dichotomies between the English aristocracy and the staff in service. It examines astutely their relationships, their aspirations, their feelings of ownership and envy, and their understanding of their role, identity, abilities, and place. While some characters feel peaved about their servant role, others accept their place in the family gladly and take pride in their role. In a sense, these kinds of personalities, feelings, and identity questions also come to play when it comes to ...

4198. Footless Frankie

Humor

Two western cowboys are talking about a third cowboy. ''He's a real tough character," one of them says, ''and quick on the trigger. He can shoot before his pistol clears the holster." His friend was impressed.'' That is fast," he says, ''if he can shoot before his pistol clears his holster. By the way, what's his name?" His friend answers with a smile, "Footless Frankie."

4199. That's The Attitude!

Humor

Cartoon character "Cathy " smiles: "It's fun going to a party where you don't know anyone, isn't it, Andrea? You can be whoever you want. You can be vivacious and outgoing! Self-confident! Alive!" "THAT'S the attitude Cathy! Now what's the first thing you're going to do when you walk through that door?!" Cathy replied timidly: "Check around to see if I'm the fattest person in the room."

4200. Wrong Fortune

Humor

A husband stepped on the scales. The little card read: "You are intelligent, have a magnetic personality, strength of character; you are a leader of men, you are intelligent and handsome and attractive to the opposite sex." His wife said, "Hmph! It got your weight wrong too!"

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Showing 4176 to 4200 of 4339 results

We do not need more knowledge, we need more character!

Calvin Coolidge

Character is what you are in the dark.

D. L. Moody

There is nothing so fatal to character as half-finished tasks.

David Lloyd George

History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstance.

Donald Creighton

Character is not made in crisis; it is only exhibited.

Freeman

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrents.

Goethe

Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us.

Humboldt

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Character is simply long habit continued.

Plutarch

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

Stendhal

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you. So carve you name on hearts, and not on marble.

C.H. Spurgeon

Character is much better kept than recovered.

Thomas Paine

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Woodrow Wilson

4189. OK Boomer

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

4190. Cross Choices

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon