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“Character is ethics in action.”

Character Action Ethics

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“Character is the moral strength to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.”

Want Character Pay Moral Cost Right Thing Doing The Right Thing Moral Strength

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“Character is ethical and moral strength. People of good character have the moral awareness and strength to know the good, love the good and do the good.”

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“Character is made up of core moral principles called the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, caring, fairness and citizenship. Each of these virtues are independently important but together they provide the foundation for a worthy life.”

Made Important Character Together Responsibility Moral Principles Virtue Six Foundation Caring Worthy Core Fairness Citizenship Pillars Moral Principles Trustworthiness

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“Character determines how we lead our lives, how we deal with life's unearned fortunes and misfortunes and how we make choices that determine how those fortunes and misfortunes work to make us what we become.”

Character Choices Deals Our Lives Fortune Determine Misfortunes

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“Character is just another term for "good person." A person of character lives a worthy life guided by moral principles. A person of character is a good parent, a good friend, a good employee and a good citizen.”

Persons Character Parent Term Moral Principles Citizens Worthy Employee Good Friend Good Person Good Citizen Moral Principles Good Parent

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“Character refers to dispositions and habits that determine the way that person normally responds to desires, fears, challenges, opportunities, failures and successes.”

Way Persons Character Desire Opportunity Challenges Habit Determine Disposition Success And Failure

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“Character is both formed and revealed by how one deals with everyday situations as well as extraordinary pressures and temptations. Like a well-made tower, character is built stone by stone, decision by decision.”

Wells Made Character Decision Deals Situation Built Stones Pressure Extraordinary Everyday Temptation Towers

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“Character - We describe the character of a person in reference to moral judgments about the worthiness of a person. Thus, to have a strong, great or honorable character is to be a person of merit, worthy of admiration and honor.”

Persons Character Strong Moral Honor Judgment Worthy Merit Admiration Honorable Worthiness Moral Judgment Character Of A Person

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“Good character is more important than wealth, good looks, popularity and even education. These things do not guarantee happiness and often they become obstacles to developing good character.”

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“Good character is the single most important attribute of a successful and worthy life.”

Important Character Successful Worthy Attributes Good Character

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“Lincoln described character is a tree and reputation as its shadow. The tree will always be what it is but the shadow we see depends on where we stand and the angle of the light.”

Character Light Tree Depends Shadow Reputation Angle

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“If you pay too much attention to your reputation, you could lose your character.”

Ifs Character Loses Pay Attention Too Much Reputation

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“We all have three characters: the one we really have, the one we try to convince the world we have, and the one we think we have.”

Thinking World Trying Character Three Convince

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“Hire for character, train for skills.”

Character Skills Train

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“What a person says and does in ordinary moments when when no one is looking reveals more about true character than grand actions taken while in the spotlight. Our true character is revealed by normal, consistent, everyday attitudes and behavior, not by self-conscious words or deeds or rare acts of moral courage.”

“Neither heredity nor environment determine character. But whether we give in to or overcome the negative messages we are exposed to as we wend our way through life is often determined by whether our parents, teachers, mentors and friends exposed us to good examples and morally inspiring ideas.”

Way Giving Ideas Character Life Is Parent Environment Teacher Example Messages Negative Overcoming Determine Determined Exposed Mentor Good Examples Heredity

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“The way we treat people we think can't help or hurt us - like housekeepers, waiters, and secretaries - tells more about our character than how we treat people we think are important. How we behave when we think no one is looking or when we don't think we will get caught more accurately portrays our character than what we say or do in service of our reputations.”

People Thinking Way Important Character Helping Hurt Treats Caught Reputation Behave Secretary Waiter Housekeepers

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“A person of character knows the difference between right and wrong and always tries to do the right thing for the right reason.”

Knows Trying Persons Reason Character Differences Right Thing

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“Beware of people who constantly assert their integrity and honor. People of character don't have to point it out.”

People Character Honor Integrity

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“There is no adversity that cannot be overcome by good character.”

Character Overcoming Adversity Good Character

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“It can be frustrating and even frightening to observe the success which sometimes comes to outlaws and rogues who seem to refute notions of universal justice. Every time we see a villain enjoying the fruits of dishonorable acts we find ourselves doubting the value of character and the validity of the virtues we have been taught. Thus, it takes character to believe in character, but that belief is always rewarded, often by material success, but always by the esteem it earns from those who matter.”

“It's actually easier to truly become a person of good character than to persuade others we are what we are not.”

Persons Character Easier Good Character

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“No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character is established by conscientious adherence to moral values, not by lofty rhetoric or good intentions.”

Character Values Born Moral Intention Determined Noble Traits Rhetoric Good Intentions Lofty Good Character Moral Values Hereditary Adherence

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“It's easier to make a good person better than to make a bad person good.”

Persons Character Easier Good Person Good Character

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“A person is said to have good character when their habits, dispositions and conduct reflect a deep commitment to ethical virtues and moral principles.”

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“When it comes to building character, wealth, good looks, athletic ability and even a high IQ are more likely to be impediments than advantages.”

Looks Character Wealth Ability Building Advantage Looking Good Athletic Impediments Building Character Athletic Ability

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“How many times do you get to lie before you are a liar?”

Lying Identity Trust Integrity Betrayal Deception Hypocrisy Liars

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“The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of is people to appreciate and enjoy it.”

“People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.”

People Thinking World Life Character Motivational Changed Refuse Right Thing Changing The World

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“Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New year will bring new opportunities.”

Want Years Opportunity Challenges New Year New Years Eve Happy New Year New Opportunity New Challenges New Year New Start Happy New Year Eve Happy New Year Love Inspirational New Year New Years Eve Love

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“Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.”

“Experimenting with drugs is like target practice where your head is the bull's-eye.”

Humor Eye Practice Drug Alcohol Target Alcoholics Bulls Target Practice

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“Be thankful for quality competitors who push you to your limit.”

Quality Limits Competition Competitors Being Thankful

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“When you compete with someone as good or better than you, you may not always win, but you never lose.”

May Winning Loses Competition Better Than You

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“No word makes me happier than the word "daddy" when it's directed to me.”

Father Dad Fatherhood Daddy

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“Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both.”

Children Father Parent Dad Skills Creating Fatherhood No Love Being A Parent

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“It's a great joy but no test of love or commitment to take your son to a ball game. You really prove your credentials as a good dad when you are willing to take your daughter shopping - more than once.”

Joy Father Games Willing Son Dad Prove Daughter Commitment Tests Balls Shopping Fatherhood Our Daughter Your Daughter Great Joy Your Son Credentials Ball Games Good Dad Tests Of Love

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“One of the greatest things about daughters is how they adored you when they were little; how they rushed into your arms with electric delight and demanded that you watch everything they do and listen to everything they say. Those memories will help you through less joyous times when their adoration is replaced by embarrassment or annoyance and they don't want you to see what they are doing or hear what they are saying. And yet, you will adore your daughter every day of her life, hoping to be valued again, but realizing how fortunate you were even if you only get what you already got.”

“Being a father is the most important role I will ever play and if I don't do this well, no other thing I do really matters.”

Ifs Wells Important Matter Play Father Roles Dad Fatherhood Being A Father

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“Integrity, respect, compassion, and fairness become obstacles to people who think winning is everything”

People Thinking Winning Compassion Integrity Charity Obstacles Fairness Winning Is Everything

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“Ethics doesn't require us to ignore our self-interests or demand a life of self-sacrifice. It requires that we know the difference between what we want and what we should do”

Knows Want Should Self Interest Differences Sacrifice Demand Ethics Charity Self Interest Self Sacrifice

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“Ethics is not for wimps. It's not easy being a good person. That's why it's such a lofty goal and an admirable achievement”

Persons Easy Goal Achievement Ethics Charity Good Person Admirable Lofty Being A Good Person Wimps Lofty Goals

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“Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. Choose to live a life that matters.”

Life Matter Happens Choices Inspirational Life Circumstances Accidents

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“Ordinary people, even weak people, can do extraordinary things through temporary courage generated by a situation. But the person of character does not need the situation to generate his courage. It is a part of his being and a standard approach to all life's challenges.”

People Inspirational Needs Persons Doe Character Can Do Challenges Situation Approach Standards Ordinary Weak Extraordinary Temporary Ordinary People Extraordinary Things Weak People

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“Gratitude should be felt and experienced sincerely, expressed generously and received graciously.”

Should Felt Gratitude Being Thankful Sincerely

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“Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the many things we have to be thankful for, not so we feel guilty about what we have that others don't, but to be genuinely grateful for our blessings.”

Feels Gratitude Blessing Grateful Guilty Being Thankful

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“The best way to show true gratitude for all our blessings is to be genuinely happy.”

Way Shows Gratitude Blessing Best Way

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“When was the last time you wrote a thank you note? When was the last time you went beyond a mechanical "thank you" to express authentic gratitude? We can enrich the lives of others and ourselves by making it a habit to express genuine appreciation for what others have done for us.”

Done Lasts Habit Gratitude Notes Appreciation Genuine Last Time Being Thankful Lives Of Others Thank You Note

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“Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring and concern others have given us.”

Given Gratitude Concern Appreciation Caring Genuine Obligation Acknowledge Being Thankful Courtesy

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Born: December 10, 1942
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Quotes: 156

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