{"id":6366,"date":"2022-12-08T04:15:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T12:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=6366"},"modified":"2022-10-27T08:32:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T15:32:42","slug":"100-words-on-the-importance-of-good-moral-character-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id6366-100-words-on-the-importance-of-good-moral-character-2.html","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Good Moral Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lincolnmemorial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6374\" title=\"lincolnmemorial\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lincolnmemorial.jpg\" alt=\"good moral character\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lincolnmemorial.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lincolnmemorial-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lincolnmemorial-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>When evaluating people, they say good moral character trumps all. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Wooden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coach John Wooden<\/a> always preached that character was more important than reputation because &#8220;character is what you really are, while reputation is merely what others think you are.&#8221; Folks with good character never shy away from <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id6202-a-high-household-income-nope-thats-not-a-necessity-either-2.html\">making hard decisions<\/a> whenever they&#8217;re necessary and &#8212; more importantly &#8212; they always take into account the effect their actions will have on others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The bottom line: <\/strong>Everything we do and say in life represents a choice, and people of good moral character <strong><em>always<\/em><\/strong> strive to do the right thing &#8212; even when nobody else is paying attention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Photo Credit: chadh<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When evaluating people, they say good moral character trumps all. 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