Uncommon Character Quotes

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
― Douglas Feavel, Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary

“It’s not what’s on the outside that counts; it’s what’s on the inside that counts”
― Douglas Feavel, Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary

“If beauty is only skin deep, then so is ugly.”
― Douglas Feavel, Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary

“The former Soviet Union has a well-deserved reputation for burying and/or revising any history not deemed supportive of their ideology or that exposed their infamous deeds. They replaced facts with lies.”
― Douglas Feavel, Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary

“You cannot separate people by their race or religion. You can only separate people by their good or evil.”
― Douglas Feavel, Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary

“Washington is an example of the citizen-politician who goes to the capital of his state or nation, serves a few terms, and returns to civilian life – just as the Founding Fathers practiced and intended. Sadly, this has been almost completely disregarded by the pervasive career politicians of later generations. The current practice of politicians is to gain elected government positions and then refuse to honor voluntary term limits, thus obtaining lifetime security and prestige, exemption from laws legislated on others, and inappropriate padding of personal income through gifts from lobbyists, self-initiated increases in benefits, and lifetime pensions. Their lifestyles would shock and embarrass a selfless man like George Washington, who served eight years as commander in chief, accepting only expense reimbursements as his compensation. (See the stories on Haym Salomon and Dave Roever similar examples). On”
― Douglas Feavel, Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary

“Margaret Thatcher, stated this supposition as: “Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become your character. And watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
― Douglas Feavel, Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary - 2nd Edition

“If you give a man a fact, he will learn; if you give him a truth, he will believe; if you give him a story, it will live in his heart forever.”
― Douglas Feavel, Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary

“Eva told us “I want my time on earth to count for something.”
― Douglas Feavel, Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary

“immigrant to our country,”
― Douglas Feavel, Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary

“quantity thirteen appears consistently on the dollar bill in all of the following images: the stars located above the”
― Douglas Feavel, Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary

“find the internal strength and conviction to deliver any death sentences.”
― Douglas Feavel, Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary

“only one-tenth of one percent of inmates belong to The Brand, it is responsible for twenty-five percent of all in-system murders. They were also indirectly responsible for additional crimes and murders committed by others who were implementing their orders on the outside.”
― Douglas Feavel, Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary