Charles R. Swindoll Quotes

So far as regards their moral character, the Finns have as little cause for reproach as any other people.

The just man walks in his integrity

The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.

But he who never sins can little boast Compared to him who goes and sins no more!

If there is one tendency of the day which more than any other is unhealthy and undesirable, it is the tendency to deify mere "smartness," unaccompanied by a sense of moral accountability. We shall never make our republic what it should be until as a people we thoroughly understand and put in practice the doctrine that success is abhorrent if attained by the sacrifice of the fundamental principles of morality.

Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.

The finest defense of character is correct action. Acquaint yourself with virtue, and you can expect proper treatment from those around you.

Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them.

A hero is someone who over and over does the right thing even though no one is there to witness it.

God grant to all of us the power and strength to be people of integrity, and the insight and wisdom to avoid being led into the snares of the dishonest.

Strong moral character results from consistent correct choices in the trials and testing of life. Your faith can guide you to those correct choices.

We are defined by our dignity to rise above debasement. We are certainly better people for doing so.

Worthy character is best forged from a life of consistent, correct choices centered in the teachings of the Master.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece - by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

Honesty: The ability to resist small temptations.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

One of the standards on which your happiness is based, now and in your future, is moral purity.

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest to him any course of conduct that was not entirely upright and consistent.

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

My future is righteousness.

True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

I believe that ideal character in its perfection is potentially in every man who is born into the world.