Johann G. Seume Quotes

It is an important part of our life’s experience to develop the strength, courage, and integrity to hold fast to truth and righteousness despite the buffeting we may experience.

No cowardice, no sin, no crime, no weakness - the rest will come of itself. . .

The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.

The force of character is cumulative.

To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements.

Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself

The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better.

Character forms a life regardless of how obscurely that life is lived and how little light falls on it from the stars.

Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.

But regardless of our circumstances, they do not define us - not unless we give in and let them. Circumstances never determine who we are; they reveal who we are.

Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one does or says, I must still be emerald, and keep my color.

Man can have strength of character only as he is capable of controlling his faculties; of choosing a rational end; and, in its pursuit, of holding fast to his integrity against al! the might of external nature.

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.

Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Life is full of challenges. How you handle these challenges is what builds character. Never be afraid to be who you are.

Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.

Circumstances don't create character. They reveal character.

Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test.

In the worst of times the best among us never lose their moral compass, and that is how they emerge relatively unscathed.

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

There are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that don't pop. You know why they don't pop? They don't pop because they have integrity.