What Are Your Core Values?

Our core values determine our character. 

As often-quoted from Charles Reade, "Sow an action and you will reap a habit, sow a habit and you reap character; sow character and you will reap a destiny."

For your refreshing, the following core values are gleaned from a corporate calendar and it does appear, incidentally, to bear some semblance to a vase of flowers -- whether or not intended.

CORE VALUES

Honesty

Trustworthy

Integrity

Reliability

Excellence

Focus

Determination

Responsiveness

Commitment

Promptness

Efficiency

Empathy

As individuals, we bear in mind that character is the foundation of excellence. In his book "Excellence in Character", Dr. Robb Thompson gives this insight:

A man's character is a prophecy of his destiny.

Attitude is Big

"You have the freedom to choose to be optimistic or pessimistic. You can peel off your old attitude like a suit of clothes, and put on a brand spanking new attitude every single day. It's as simple as that." -- Rhonda Byrne 

"It is not what has been done to you that seals your fate; it is how you respond to injustice that decides your destiny." -- Robb D. Thompson 

"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." -- Viktor Frankl

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." -- Thomas Jefferson

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." -- Winston Churchill

 "Your attitude determines how far you go on the journey toward distinction." -- Robb D. Thompson

"We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude." -- Charles R. Swindoll

Speaking of that one string which Pastor Swindoll called attitude, let's round up our reflection with Pachelbel's Canon. Click here to enjoy.