Character Quote by Jonathan Shay

“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent…

— John F. Kennedy

“Accurate and questioning dramatic and written narratives that expose true human character, is the necessary glue of any intelligent, enduring and compassionate society.”

— Yon Walls

“as well as over potentially ennobling or morally beatific states like sympathy, melancholia, and shame (the emotions given the most attention in literary criticism’s…

— Sianne Ngai

It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised.

— Albert Schweitzer

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

— Claude Monet

“Character is the measure of our freedom from the tyranny of our instincts. It is the space we create between our urges and our…

— Valson Thampu

“All of us, I suppose, like to believe that in a moral emergency we will behave like the heroes of our youth, bravely and…

— Tim O'Brien

“...I've been ripped off, lied to, slandered, gossiped about slapped, falsely accused, and had my truths not believed. I've had my heart broken, had…

— Jessica Page Morrell

“A man's moral character may be completely sapped; that is the dreadful part of it.”

— Henrik Ibsen

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

— Alfred North Whitehead

“One could not stand and watch very long without being philosophical, without beginning to deal in symbols and similes, and to hear the hog-squeal…

— Upton Sinclair

“What's remarkable about fiction is that it places you in the unusual position of having no trajectory. You stand aside, motives abandoned for the…

— Tom Rachman