List of Character Traits
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The list of character traits below contains sixty-six character traits that people of character exercise, all in an easy-to-use alphabetical table. A list of character traits is essential for effective character education lesson plans as well as creation of character education classroom activities. It is vital in personal character building as well.
Lists of character traits often differ one from another. Some lists of character traits contain as few as six different qualities while others have thirty or more. Our list of character traits, compiled through extensive research, contains sixty-six moral absolutes.
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Adaptability Appreciation Attentiveness
Availability Commitment Compassion
Concern Confidence Consideration
Consistency Contentment Cooperation
Courage Creativity Decisiveness
Deference Dependability Determination
Diligence Discernment Discretion
Efficiency Equitableness Fairness
Faithfulness Fearlessness Flexibility
Forgiveness Friendliness Generosity
Gentleness Gratitude Honesty
Humility Integrity Joyfulness
Kindness Love Loyalty
Meekness Mercifulness Observance
Optimism Patience Peacefulness
Perseverance Persistence Persuasiveness
Prudence Punctuality Purpose
Resourcefulness Respect Responsibility
Security Self-Control Sincerity
Submissiveness Tactfulness Temperance
Thoroughness Thriftiness Tolerance
Trustworthiness Truthfulness Virtue


It is interesting to note, there are 66 Books in the Bible and you have 66 character traits. Thank you for your list and your information. All of us need to stop spelling integrity with an “e” and character with a “k”. We all need to be honest persons, instead of living too much in situational ethics. For example, I would like to have given more specific details as to how you have helped me, but in this society increasingly everything we speak and or write may someday be taken out of context and used against us for someone else’s personal gain.