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hannahross12 's review for:
The Road to Character
by David Brooks
While reading this book, I found myself envisioning a more clear picture of the kind of woman I want to be as well as engaging in my work and relationships in a more meaningful way than I had been before I started it. Brooks uses each chapter to tell the story of a man or woman who “had to descend into the valley of humility to climb the heights of character”—individuals who weren’t living for self-satisfaction, but whose “ultimate joys [were] moral joys.”
While there are many lessons to learn from each of the stories themselves, the way Brooks weaves the themes of these stories together is what allows this book to really pack its punch. The Road to Character left me feeling responsible to not only personally cultivate the virtues he discusses, but also to “stand against the prevailing winds of culture” that so often place self-advancement and personal ambition above the humility, steadfastness, and others-centeredness that mark a person of character.
While there are many lessons to learn from each of the stories themselves, the way Brooks weaves the themes of these stories together is what allows this book to really pack its punch. The Road to Character left me feeling responsible to not only personally cultivate the virtues he discusses, but also to “stand against the prevailing winds of culture” that so often place self-advancement and personal ambition above the humility, steadfastness, and others-centeredness that mark a person of character.