Great Expectations Life Principles
Life Principle #1: Attitude
Definition: A feeling or emotion to a fact.
Related Quote: "I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you.. We are in charge of our attitudes."- Charles Swindoll
Life Principle #2: Character
Definition: What you are/do when no one is watching
Related Quote: "Ability will enable a man to get to the top. But it will take character to keep him there." -Author Unknown
Life Principle #3: Charity
Definition: Kindness or help for the needy or suffering
Related Quote: "You can not live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you." -John Wooden
Life Principle #4: Commitment
Definition: The keeping of a promise or pledge
Related Quote: "Go put your creed into a deed." -Ralph Emerson
Life Principle #5: Common Sense
Definition: Thinking before acting; using good judgment
Related Quote: "Do not go through life like a leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told." -Socrates
Life Principle #6: Compassion
Definition: Ability to share another’s feeling or ideas
Related Quote: "Never judge another man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins." -Native American Proverb
Life Principle #7: Cooperation
Definition: Working together
Related Quote: "We must all live together as brothers or perish alone as fools." -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Life Principle #8: Courage
Definition: Strength to act even when afraid or uncertain
Related Quote: "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." -Unknown Author
Life Principle #9: Courtesy
Definition: Considerate and mannerly behavior
Related Quote: "Politeness costs nothing and gains everything." -Lady Mary Montague
Life Principle #10 Dependability
Definition: Reliable; trustworthy
Related Quote: "The right man in the right place at the right time doing the right thing in the right way." -from the poem "Efficiency"
Life Principle#11 : Diligence
Definition: Steady and energetic effort
Related Quote: "All things are difficult before they are easy." -Thomas Fuller
Life Principle #12 Empathy
Definition: The ability to feel what others are feeling
Related Quote: "We share pain, we share in the triumph over pain." -Author Unknown
Life Principle #13 Excellence
Definition: To stand out with valuable qualities
Related Quote: "Excellence is a habit. The things you do the most are the things you’ll do the best." -Author Unknown
Life Principle #14 Flexibility
Definition: The ability to make adjustments or alter plans
Related Quote: "If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way." -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Life Principle #15 Fortitude
Definition: Strength of mind that enable a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage
Related Quote: "If you made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely right." -Author Unknown
Life Principle #16 Friendship
Definition: Caring for and trusting others
Related Quote: "Be genuinely interested in people. Just try, and you can like almost everyone." -Author Unknown
Life Principle: #17 Generosity
Definition: Willingness to give or share
Related Quote: "The manner of giving is worth more than the gift." -Pierre Corneille
Life Principle: #18 Giving
Definition: To care for and devote oneself to another
Related Quote: "We make a living by what we get and a life by what we give." -Winston Churchill
Life Principle: #19 Honesty
Definition: Truthfulness
Related Quote: "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." -Thomas Jefferson
Life Principle: #20 Humility
Definition: Being humble, not proud or haughty, not arrogant or assertive
Related Quote: "Being fashioned of the self-same dust, let us be merciful as well as just." -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life Principle: #21 Initiative
Definition: Taking action, originating new ideas
Related Quote: "If you are not afraid to face the music, you may some day be the leader of the band." -Author Unknown
Life Principle: #22 Integrity
Definition: Acting according to a sense of right and wrong (being strong enough to do what you know is right even when it is difficult)
Related Quote: "In matters of style, swim with the current. In matter of principle, stand like a rock." -Thomas Jefferson
Life Principle: #23 Justice
Definition: Being fair, right, and upholding what is right
Related Quote: "The ones that you should try to get even with are the ones who have helped you." -Author Unknown
Life Principle: #24 Loyalty
Definition: Faithfulness to another
Related Quote: "Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for another." -John 15:13
Life Principle: #25 Optimism
Definition: To anticipant the best possible outcome
Related Quote: "Some men see things as they are and say "Why?" I dream things that never were and say, "Why Not?" -Robert F. Kennedy
Life Principle:# 26 Patriotism
Definition: Love for or devotion to one’s country
Related Quote: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask, what you could do for your country." -John F. Kennedy
Life Principle: #27 Perseverance
Definition: The Ability to persist or continue striving
Related Quote: "It’s not where you start, it’s where you end up. You haven’t failed until you’ve stopped trying." -Author Unknown
Life Principle: #28 Propriety
Definition: Standard of what is socially acceptable in conduct or speech
Related Quote: "Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential." -Will Cuppy
Life Principle: #29 Resiliency
Definition: Recovering from or adjusting easily to misfortune or change
Related Quote: "Consider the postage stamp: It secures success by sticking to one thing until it gets there." -Author Unknown
Life Principle: #30 Respect
Definition: Showing or feeling honor
Related Quote: "I will speak ill of no man and speak the good I know of everybody." -Benjamin Franklin
Life Principle: #31 Responsibility
Definition: Making the choice to be reliable and dependable
Related Quote: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosevelt
Life Principle: #32 Self-Discipline
Definition: The ability to choose and control one’s own actions
Related Quote: "If we were supposed to talk more than we listen, we would have two mouths and one ear." -Mark Twain
Life Principle: #33 Service
Definition: Giving of one’s time and energies to help others
Related Quote: "Serving the needs of others is the light that brighten each day." -Douglas M. Lawson
Life Principle: #34 Temperance
Definition: Moderation in action, thought, or feeling
Related Quote: "The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it." -Arnold H. Glasow
Life Principle:#35 Tenacious
Definition: Persistent, never give up
Related Quote: The man who removes mountains begins by carrying away small stones." -Chinese Proverb
Life Principle: #36 Thankfulness
Definition: The act of being grateful; glad
Related Quote: "The most important prayer in the world is two words long-Thank You." -Meister Eckehart
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