“Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.”
—Phillips Brooks (1836-1893), Episcopal preacher best known for O Little Town of Bethlehem and for his widely published lectures on preaching and Christian character
Source: Phillips Brooks, Addresses (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1895), 12.
Reflection: How do the small, everyday choices in my speech—tone, honesty, restraint, encouragement—shape the kind of person I am becoming?