Character

LDS Quotes on Character

Elder Jeffery R. Holland of the LDS church

“A homespun definition of Christlike character might be the integrity to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. Don’t be idle. Don’t be wasteful.”

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

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“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

Helen Keller

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“The final judgment is not just an evaluation of a sum total of good and evil acts – what we have done. It is an acknowledgement of the final effect or our acts and thoughts – what we have become.”

Elder Dallin H. Oaks

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Joseph Smith Portrait

You will always discover in the first glance of a man, in the outlines of his features something of his mind

Joseph Smith  |  Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 299

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“We live in a society which is so saturated with sexuality that it perhaps is more troublesome now, because of that fact, for a person to look beyond their gender orientation to other aspects of who they are. I think I would say to your son or anyone that was so afflicted to strive to expand your horizons beyond simply gender orientation. Find fulfillment in the many other facets of your character and your personality and your nature that extend beyond that. There’s no denial that one’s gender orientation is certainly a core characteristic of any person, but it’s not the only one.”

Lance B. Wickman

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“If we are to think about morality, we must think of three departments; relations between man and man; things inside each man; and relations between man and the power that made him.”

CS Lewis  |  Mere Christianity

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“People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Neal A. Maxwell Headshot

“Genuine discipleship also means that we are always on stage. Yes, there are private moments, but moving along the straight and narrow path is scarcely a solitary or an unobserved thing. Therefore, genuine meekness is required for enduring discipleship pursued or staged.”

Elder Neal A. Maxwell  |  "Becoming a Disciple"

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