… of choice is a moment of truth. It is the testing point of our character and competence
– Stephen Covey
Tag Archives: Character
Cautious…
…careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences
– Susan Anthony
Leadership consists…
… not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint
– Lewis H. Lapham
In 1893….
…. a young man was re-sitting the entrance examination to become an officer in the British Army for the third time. His name was Winston Churchill….
The content…
…. of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny … it is the light that guides your way
– Heraclitus
The true…
…. test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do
– Jon Holt
Character…
…. makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership
– John Maxwell
A ‘No’ …..
…. uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble
– Mohandas Gandhi
Every man….
gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, and so they give their lives to little or nothing. One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it…and then it’s gone
– Joan of Arc
Leadership…
… consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint
– Lewis H. Lapham
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