Keeping Promises...Building Trust

"People ask me why it's so hard to trust people, and I ask them why is it so hard to keep a promise." —Unknown

Character Is...Helen Gahagan Douglas

"Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action."

--Helen Gahagan Douglas

The Decisive Factor...Theodore Roosevelt

"Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike."


-- Theodore Roosevelt

Who Am I?...Catherine Pulsifer

"Your character defines who you are by the actions you take." 

--Catherine Pulsifer

Character...J.C. Watts

"Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught."

-- J. C. Watts

On The Path To Destiny...Anais Nin

What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. 

One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to race, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us.

--Anais Nin, Author

Your Actions Will Define You...@vnona

If you're not a thief, you will not steal whether you're a beggar on the street or the CEO. Your #behavior defines who you are. If you want to change the things you don't like about yourself, you have to change your behavior. You must also change your environment and who you hang out with. Eagles hang out with eagles.

Live Your Truth...Steve Maraboli

Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.

--Steve Maraboli, "Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience"

Behaving Your Way To Greatness...Rob Bell

"What we do comes out of who we believe we are."

--Rob Bell

#LeadershipTuesdays: Personal Leadership...Ursula Burns

Who you are is about your character, it’s about the amount of energy you put into things, it’s about how much control you take of your whole life.

--Ursula Burns

Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTYprovides Leadership Tuesdays, a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage and strengthen women leaders. For more information on Leadership Tuesdays and WOMEN AT LIBERTY, click here.

Postively Impacting A Generation

Education by itself is not the end all be all. To positively impact your generation and environment you must have character and the ability to discern what is right and wrong for yourself.

--Nona O.

Actions Reveal True Character...Steve Maraboli

“Stay alert! Don’t let someone’s words blind you from their behavior...

They can say all the right things, they can make you feel things you've never felt before, but don't be fooled; their actions will reveal their true character, desires, and priorities.

Behavior speaks; pay attention to what it tells you. Behavior is math; pay attention to what it reveals.”

--Steve Maraboli

Choose Honor...Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Pride comes in two flavors; be careful which you choose. Choose honor, not ego.
 
-- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Character Adds To Beauty...Jacqueline Bisset

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

--Jacqueline Bisset

Your Actions Says It All...Theodore Roosevelt

“There are good men [women] and bad men [women] of all nationalities, creeds and colors; and if this world of ours is ever to become what we hope some day it may become, it must be by the general recognition that the man’s [women's] heart and soul, the man’s [women's] worth and actions, determine his standing.”

--Theodore Roosevelt

Character Endures...Horace Greeley

"Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings, and only character endures." 

--Horace Greeley, (1811-1872) New York newspaper editor 

The Character Index...Abigail Van Buren

"The best index to a person's character is how he [she] treats people who can't do him [her] any good, and how he [she] treats people who can't fight back.”

--Abigail Van Buren

What's Important...Abraham Lincoln

“I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.” 

--Abraham Lincoln

Character...@vnona

Your actions and inaction are indications of your character and values. Remember that you are a reflection of your parents, community, and those who will call you "ancestor".  --Nona

Have We Met Before?...Elbert Hubbard

Many a man's [woman's] reputation would not know his [her] character if they met on the street. 

--Elbert Hubbard