Character First!
Character Determines Success
Character Determines Success
| Develop the 49 Character Qualities |
Patience vs. restlessness
-- accepting a difficult situation without giving a deadline to remove it
Persuasiveness vs. contentiousness
-- guiding vital truths around another's mental roadblocks
Punctuality vs. tardiness
-- showing esteem for others by doing the right thing at the right time
Resourcefulness vs. wastefulness
-- finding practical uses for that which others would overlook or discard
Responsibility vs. unreliability
-- knowing and doing what is expected of me
Security vs. anxiety
-- structuring my life around that which cannot be destroyed or taken away
Self-control vs. self-indulgence
-- rejecting wrong desires and doing what is right
Sensitivity vs. callousness
-- perceiving the true attitudes and emotions of those around me
Sincerity vs. hypocrisy
-- eagerness to do what is right with transparent motives
-- accepting a difficult situation without giving a deadline to remove it
Persuasiveness vs. contentiousness
-- guiding vital truths around another's mental roadblocks
Punctuality vs. tardiness
-- showing esteem for others by doing the right thing at the right time
Resourcefulness vs. wastefulness
-- finding practical uses for that which others would overlook or discard
Responsibility vs. unreliability
-- knowing and doing what is expected of me
Security vs. anxiety
-- structuring my life around that which cannot be destroyed or taken away
Self-control vs. self-indulgence
-- rejecting wrong desires and doing what is right
Sensitivity vs. callousness
-- perceiving the true attitudes and emotions of those around me
Sincerity vs. hypocrisy
-- eagerness to do what is right with transparent motives
Thoroughness vs. incompleteness
-- knowing what factors will diminish the effectiveness of my work or words if neglected
Thriftiness vs. extravagence
-- allowing myself and others to spend only what is necessary
Tolerance vs. prejudice
-- realizing that everyone is at varying levels of development
Truthfulness vs. deception
-- earning future trust by accurately reporting past facts
Virtue vs. impurity
-- the moral excellence evident in my life as I consistently do what is right
Wisdom vs. foolishness
-- seeing and responding to life situations from a perspective that transcends my current
circumstances
-- knowing what factors will diminish the effectiveness of my work or words if neglected
Thriftiness vs. extravagence
-- allowing myself and others to spend only what is necessary
Tolerance vs. prejudice
-- realizing that everyone is at varying levels of development
Truthfulness vs. deception
-- earning future trust by accurately reporting past facts
Virtue vs. impurity
-- the moral excellence evident in my life as I consistently do what is right
Wisdom vs. foolishness
-- seeing and responding to life situations from a perspective that transcends my current
circumstances
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