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Cultural Quote #399: Character (Jocko Willink)

If you do the right thing regardless of what the consequences are, that represents character. So then how do you build character? It’s a beautiful thing, because it’s the same thing. If you want to build character, you do the right thing. You do the right thing for yourself. You do the right thing for your family, you do the right thing for the people that you know, you do the right thing for your community, you do the right thing for your country. That’s what you do.

Jocko Willink

For more, see Defining And Building Character (Jocko Willink And Captain Charlie Plumb).

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Cornelius
An intellectually curious millennial passionate about seeing people make healthy, informed choices about the moral direction of their lives. When I’m not reading or writing, I enjoy hiking, web-making, learning foreign languages, and watching live sports. Alumnus of Georgetown University (B.S.) and The Ohio State University (M.A.).
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