Christopher Reeve Quotes

You can see how he changed on the surface. But at the core of it all, I think Superman has remained the same - a character with incredible powers but almost superhuman humility and restraint.

If you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.

I do think that it's extremely important with this character show her assuming power with a great deal of grace, and find out how to do things she won't like - the things she's called upon to do.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

There are a lot of smart people in politics and government, but character matters ... it is terribly important that the two be melded.

People have to render judgment. In my case, I've said upfront openly, I've made mistakes at times. I've had to go to God for forgiveness. I've had to seek reconciliation. But I'm also a 68-year-old grandfather, and I think people have to measure who I am now and whether I'm a person they can trust.

I have a strong head on my shoulders... I've always been grounded. People would think not because of who I am, but I've always been raised with that sense of morals from my dad and my mother.

That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters.

You can be a great president and be ridden with flaws. Of course we know that.

The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.

Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause.

I've never been a bad person and always had quite good morals. There's always been a side of me that's been quite proper, but it's got distracted here and there. Now I'm the person I should be.

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.

The Leadership Training Institute of America trains and equips young men and women to be leaders with high standards of personal morality and integrity.

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

It has been my honor to support and work with President Barack Obama, a man who has brought courage and character to the presidency. President Obama's strength of character leads him to do the right thing, even when it isn't the easy thing.

Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

I just try to be the same guy I've always been. Calm, collected, and being a good decision-maker and delivering the ball to the right guys.

Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns.

I don't take roles I can't respect. If I can't find a reason to be respectful of the character, I won't do it because I couldn't do it justice.