SACRIFICE
A sense of obligation to give something back to community and society
GRATITUDE
Acknowledging the role that others have played to help you succeed
COURAGE
An inner strength to confront wrongdoing, take risks and live life to the fullest
ATTITUDE
Approaching everyday with enthusiasm, confidence and a positive outlook
RESPECT
Being courteous to others through actions and words; to treat others the way we want to
be treated
APPRECIATION
Being thankful for what you have, instead of complaining about what you don't
LOYALTY
Demonstrating a strong commitment to people or ideals; staying true to your word
PREPARATION
Doing All You Can Today to Ensure Success Tomorrow
RESPONSIBILITY
Keeping promises, meeting obligations and being accountable for your actions
LEADERSHIP
Providing guidance and direction to accomplish tasks; being a moral compass to others
PERSEVERANCE
Refusing to give up in the face of adversity - no matter how difficult the task
COMPASSION
Showing kindness and giving support to fellow human beings
COMPOSURE
Staying in control of one's emotions in order to make good logical choices in difficult
situations
HONESTY
Telling the truth regardless of the circumstances or consequences
TOLERANCE
To understand and embrace people from different backgrounds and those who have
different beliefs; not judging others based on superficial qualities
EMPATHY
Trying to understand another person's experience; to put yourself in their shoes
INTEGRITY
Using an internal set of ethical values as a guide to make most decisions
COMPASSION
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. Edward Bulwer-Lytton
SACRIFICE
A life is not important except in the impact it has on others' lives. Jackie Robinson
COMPOSURE
Anger is only one letter short of danger. Anonymous
EMPATHY
, Conversation means being able to disagree and still continue the discussion. Dwight
MacDonald
TOLERANCE
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not
be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
PERSEVERANCE
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has
reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Booker T. Washington
HONESTY
I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I
consider the best of all titles-the character of an honest person. George Washington
APPRECIATION
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. Sir Isaac
Newton
LEADERSHIP
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more,
you are a leader. John Quincy Adams
GRATITUDE
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who
make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust
PREPARATION
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Seneca
RESPONSIBILITY
People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it.
John Steinbeck
RESPECT
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you
have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. Clint Eastwood
COURAGE
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the
greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson
INTEGRITY
To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance
with your thinking. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
ATTITUDE
Whether you think you can, or you think you can't -- you're right. Henry Ford
LOYALTY
You don't earn loyalty in a day. You earn loyalty day-by-day. Jeffrey Gitomer
Mattie began writing poetry just after _________________.
His older brother died
Mattie earned a black belt in martial arts.
True
Mattie never set goals because he knew that he was going to die before he could
accomplish them.