"No character is ultimately tested until it has…" — Harry Emerson Fosdick

"No character is ultimately tested until it has suffered."

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

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91 Quotes by Harry Emerson Fosdick

Harry Emerson Fosdick has 91 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The first question to be answered by any individual or any social group, facing a hazardous situation, is whether the…
No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.
I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses...
The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.
Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may…
No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
The more we know about this universe, the more mysterious it is. The old world that Job knew was marvelous…
We must take the abiding spiritual values which inhere in the deep experiences of religion in all ages and give…
Some things mankind can finish and be done with, but not ... science, that persists, and changes from ancient Chaldeans…
...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio…
Every great scientist becomes a great scientist because of the inner self-abnegation with which he stands before truth, saying: "Not…
Every year the inventions of science weave more inextricably the web that binds man to man, group to group, nation…

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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good… — Hannah Arendt
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition… — Aristotle
One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about… — J. J. Abrams
My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was… — Lance Armstrong
Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. — Darren Aronofsky
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a… — Rowan Atkinson
When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things -… — Rowan Atkinson

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