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Character Quotes

    “My best life lessons and education didn’t come from a classroom – they’ve come from the wild. How you act in the big moments, the ones that challenge you, scare you, tempt you, and force you to make the right decisions, is what defines you. ~ Bear Grylls

      “Most of us reflect on our actions after we recognize that we have hurt someone or done an injustice. This is certainly a good first step, but it is reactive. We need to be proactive through disciplined and regular personal reflection.” ~ Keshavan Nair, A Higher Standard of Leadership

        “By choosing to embrace and practice good values every day, you choose the higher course in life. And your life goes in a direction that you will always feel good about. You may not always get what you desire, but you will always be the person you desire to be.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Today Matters

          “Money doesn’t change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish, or arrogant, or greedy, the money brings it out; that’s all.” ~ Henry Ford

            “Nothing is easier than saying words. Nothing is harder than living them, day after day. What you promise today must be renewed and redecided tomorrow and each day that stretches out before you. ~ Arthur Gordon

              “When your thoughts, words, and deeds form a seamless fabric, you streamline your efforts and thus eliminate worry and dread.” ~ Epictetus, The Art of Living

                “The reality is that everybody makes mistakes. The issue isn’t whether you will make them, it’s what you will do about them. It’s whether you will choose the path of humility and courage or the path of ego and pride.” ~ Stephen M. R. Covey, The Speed of Trust

                  “Try to be transparent, clear and truthful. Even when it is difficult, and above all when it is difficult.” ~ Jean-Cyril Spinetta

                    “You can judge a person’s character by the way he treats people who can’t help him or hurt him.” ~ Anonymous

                    The Paradoxical Commandments

                      People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
                      Love them anyway.

                      If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
                      Do good anyway.

                      If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
                      Succeed anyway.

                      The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
                      Do good anyway.

                      Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
                      Be honest and frank anyway.

                      The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
                      Think big anyway.

                      People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
                      Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

                      What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
                      Build anyway.

                      People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
                      Help people anyway.

                      Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.
                      Give the world the best you have anyway.

                      ~ Dr. Kent M. Keith

                        “Surely what a man does when he is taken off guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.” ~ C.S. Lewis

                          “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.”  ~ John Wooden

                            “Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.” ~ Chilon of Sparta

                              “The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful, and being generous.  Everything else is crap, I promise you.  It’s just crap that people try to sell to you to make you feel like less. So don’t buy it. Be smart, be thoughtful and be generous.  Everything around us that we call life was made up of people that are no smarter than you. And you can build your own things, you can build your own life that other people can live in. So build a life — don’t just live one, build one.” ~Ashton Kutcher

                                “Money doesn’t make us anyway it just unmasks us.” ~ Henry Ford