Integrity (1)

A person of integrity upholds ethical principles and has the moral courage to stand up for what is right.
“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, but knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.”

(Samuel Johnson) English Author

谦虚

一个成功者所知道的，除了勤奋，便是谦逊。
大河是安静的，有学问的人是谦虚的。
不懂装懂，永世饭桶。
最谦虚的人，是最有出息的人。
虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后。
骄傲跌在门口，谦虚走遍天下。
满招损，谦受益。
自满是求知的拦路虎，自谦是智慧的引路人。
虚心的人总是学十当一，自满的人总是学一当十。
大声嚷嚷的河一定水少，大声嚷嚷的人一定浅薄。
有钱不可乱花，有功不可自夸。
好马不吃回头草，好汉不夸旧功劳。
接受表扬要地下头来，接受批评要抬起头来。
强中自有强中手，一山还有一山高。
山外有山，天外有天，人外有人。
顺逆都听，眼亮心明。不耻下问，多问不吃亏。
不专心不成事，不虚心不知事。
不要把善良看成愚蠢，不要把谦虚看成懦弱。

Responsibility (4)

"It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities."

(Josiah Charles Stamp) Economist

"You are responsible for your life, and your ultimate success depends on the choices you make."

(Denis Waitley)

"We are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, world, and thought throughout our lifetime."

(Elizabeth Kubler-Ross) Psychiatrist and Author

"knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do."

(Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe) German philosopher and Writer

"Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege."

(John D. Rockefeller, Jr.) American Philanthropist

Responsibility (3)

There was a most important job that needed to be done,
And no reason not to do it, there was absolutely none.
But in vital matters such as this, the thing you have to ask
Is who exactly will it be who’ll carry out the task?

Anybody could have told you that everybody knew
That this was something somebody would surely have to do.
Nobody was unwilling; anybody had the ability.
But nobody believed that it was their responsibility.

It seemed to be a job that anybody could have done,
If anybody thought he was supposed to be the one.
But since everybody recognized that anybody could,
Everybody took for granted that somebody would.

But nobody told anybody that we are aware of,
That he would be in charge of seeing it was taken care of.
And nobody took it on himself to follow through,
And do what everybody thought that somebody would do.

When what everybody needed so did not get done at all,
Everybody was complaining that somebody dropped the ball.
Anybody then could see it was an awful crying shame,
And everybody looked around for somebody to blame.

Somebody should have done the job
And Everybody should have,
But in the end Nobody did
What Anybody could have.


By: Charles Osgood