Here’s an unusual thought. Character is often left at home when people attend public gatherings. Why is that?
Good character exercises respect in public gatherings, but for some reason, many people seem oblivious to that fact. I remember being in a meeting many years ago where the young speaker was rapidly becoming weary of the lack […]
What a life-changing, perhaps life-saving lesson this is, and yet so few parents and teachers seem concerned enough to teach it.
Character counts for a lot in dating. A list of character traits shows at a glance how important character is in such a relationship. Do you want to date a person who is adaptable? That’s […]
I wonder if educators who are required to teach character education courses realize the full potential of what they have been asked to do.
A good character education program is powerful in many ways. One of its most amazing abilities is the power to raise academic performance. I would think this alone would get educators excited! […]
How do you know if a building is strong or weak? It may be beautiful from the outside. It may be even more beautiful inside. But is it strong? Is it built on solid rock, and does it have a significant foundation? How can we tell?
On the one hand, many buildings standing in the path […]
You would be amazed at how many ways there are to build character, and to teach character to children. I know I am. Whether it’s character education in elementary school or character education in high school, or something in between, there are many ways to make character education exciting, fun, and beneficial to all concerned.
This […]
Two people, who originally seemed to be a man and woman of character, recently stiffed my husband and me for nearly $2,000. Happily, this had nothing to do with our character web site, character-in-action.com. It would have seemed worse if it had been a school purchasing books and materials for a character education program! Nonetheless, […]
Chief Justice Earl Warren once said, “The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.”
I understand what Chief Justice Warren was saying, but I would go two steps further. I believe the man or woman of character […]
National Character Counts Week would be a fine time for employers to consider how character counts in business, but I’m afraid few businesses will even notice when the President calls upon “all Americans to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.”
Character counts in business, though, as shown by a story I came across […]
From October 16 to 22, 2005, the United States will once again commemorate National Character Counts Week. People across the country, especially schools, will recognize and set aside this week for special emphasis on character building. That is, some – not all – will recognize it. Some – not all – will set aside this […]
Here’s an equation I’m pondering. Moral values embraced and exercised plus moral values rejected and not exercised equal the true, inner person. It’s an unchanging equation: Character strengths + character weaknesses = you.
CS + CW = Y
The greater the value of CS, the stronger you will be morally. The greater the value of CW, […]