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REASON Reason can be more or less adequately described as the ability to think clearly and connectedly. The power of reasoning has been exclusively bestowed upon mankind and due to this gift, mankind has been given the responsibility of governing and managing this...

RESPONSIBILITY Responsibility is the sincere assumption of certain obligations, duties or privileges, whether forced upon us by other people or circumstances, or voluntarily assumed. Responsibility is an undertaking or an agreement to perform certain things. We cannot...

RELIABILITY The reliability of a man is gauged to a great extent by the promptness with which he meets all appointments and fulfills all obligations, regardless of the personal inconvenience or hardships encountered. He must learn not to assume obligations or make...

ENERGY Energy is necessary for full success in our personal lives but especially in business. We use the word energy instead of health as many individuals in reasonably good health do not demonstrate the energy that is necessary to progress, while others in poor...

CONFIDENCE Confidence is necessary for agreeable relations with our fellow men. It is also necessary to content and happiness. It is a mutual transaction in its really perfect form. Those who have no confidence in others should not expect others to have confidence in...

SELF-CONTROL It is probably true that fear is one of the greatest enemies of self-control that afflicts the human race. Under the inspiration of fear many of the most timid or cowardly individuals may commit acts that the most courageous would shrink from. "Frenzied...

SELF-CONTROL Self-control is probably one of the most important essentials to a well rounded out character and is absolutely necessary in order to make an individual dependable and reliable. Self-control does not presume a dumb or ox-like attitude of passive...

AMBITION AND PRIDE Ambition and pride are two important elements of character, but it must not be forgotten that these qualities may serve the purposes of both good and evil. These qualities in a man of high character become of invaluable benefit to the world, for the...

JUSTICE Justice is probably the hardest quality of character to obtain and to steadfastly adhere to. The qualities of honor, loyalty, ambition, pride, and confidence are more or less habit forming, and therefore grow stronger and more dependable as the days and the...