Lee's Summit Community of Character

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Mission:  Our goal is to strengthen our community by promoting, encouraging and equipping the development of character in every sector of the community.


 Selected  Character Traits

 

 
  • Honesty

Truthfulness; sincerity
 

  • Trustworthiness

Reliable; dependable
 

  • Empathy

Identifying with, participating in, and understanding another’s feelings, situations and motive
 

  • Sympathy

Sharing or understanding the feelings of another person
 

  • Loyalty

Faithfulness to a person or ideal
 

  • Responsibility

Accepting personal accountability; acting without continual guidance or superior authority
 

  • Respect

 Honoring others with courtesy and consideration
 

  • Compassion

To be sensitive to the needs of others together with offering support
 

  • Perseverance

Keep to a course of action, belief or purpose, without giving way
 

  • Integrity

Consistent adherence to a moral code or standard of moral values
 

  • Contentment

Feelings of happiness and a sense of well being
 

  • Kindness

To act humanely with consideration of others
 

  • Courage
     

The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., with firmness; to act in accordance with one’s beliefs, in spite of criticism
 

  • Optimism

The belief that goodness will prevail; cheerful hopefulness
 

  • Assertiveness

Taking action with confidence and respect
 

  • Generosity

Sharing unselfishly one’s time and resources
 

  • Humility

To consider the happiness and success of others to be just as important as your own
 

  • Self-Control
     

Choosing to manage one’s emotions, desires, or actions and respecting the boundaries of others
 

  • Self-Motivation

An intrinsic drive to satisfy a need or achieve a goal
 

  • Appreciation

Recognition of the quality, value, significance, of people and things
 

  • Cooperation

To work together to reach a common goal
 

  • Fairness

To treat people without favoritism
 

  • Forgiveness

Extending grace to self or others; ceasing to resent
 

  • Patience

Resolving to remain calm through trying situations
 

 

Character Trait of the Month:
Appreciation - Recognition of the quality, value, significance, of people and things


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