Charles R. Swindoll Quotes

The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. As soon as you start veering away from that, the solidity that you need in order to be able to stand up for what you believe in and deliver what's really inside, it's just not going to be there.

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.

Character is more important than any other leadership trait.

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong. That's what I tell my kids, anyway.

I don't think circumstances change who you are as a person. I don't believe they change your values - unless you willingly would like them to.

True success depends more on character than on intellect.

That is why success and fruitfulness depend as much upon focusing on the "who" you are as much as the "what" of the work you do. Invest in your character, and it will give you the returns that you are looking for by only investing in the work itself. You can't do the latter without the former.

A man who is good from docility, and not from stern self-control, has no character.

How can we expect young people to be rooted in things such as character, morality and honesty? How is one supposed to be at once an arrow soaring skyward and an oak planted firmly in the ground? The meritocratic culture hones strivers on every aspect of their lives save one - how to cultivate character.

Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.

Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for.

The people knew what had made them human. It was not their shortcomings, but their hearts.

For character, to prepare for the inevitable I recommend selections from [Ralph Waldo] Emerson. His writings have done for me far more than all other reading.

When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.

The price of peace is righteousness. Men and nations may loudly proclaim, 'Peace, peace,' but there shall be no peace until individuals nurture in their souls those principles of personal purity, integrity, and character which foster the development of peace. Peace cannot be imposed. It must come from the lives and hearts of men. There is no other way.

The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.

If strength is measured by intelligence, honesty and depth of character, then yes, strong women are hot as hell.

Sometimes it seems to me that all of life is a struggle to contain the natural impulses of the body and spirit, and that what we call character represents only the degree to which we are successful in this endeavor.

Truly a legend in our time, John Templeton understands that the real measure of a person's success in life is not financial accomplishment but moral integrity and inner character.

In the great battle of life, no brilliancy of intellect, no perfection of bodily development, will count when weighed in the balance against the assemblage of virtues, active and passive, of moral qualities which we group together under the name of character.

It is not the events in our life that define our character, but how we deal with them.

Real religion is about, developing real character; character of compassion, character of humility, the character of determination to grow in all circumstances.

The men can have a moral compass that is just unshakeable, they can have ethics that run to the core.

Never be impressed with charisma. Look for character.