Final Forming of Character

Anne Frank

Saturday, July 15, 1944

I have one outstanding trait in my character, which must strike anyone who knows me for any length of time, and that is my knowledge of myself. I can watch myself and my actions, just like an outsider. The Anne of every day I can face entirely without prejudice, without making excuses for her, and watch what's good and what's bad about her. This "self-consciousness" haunts me, and every time I open my mouth I know as soon as I've spoken whether "that ought to have been different" or "that was right as it was." There are so many things about myself that I condemn; I couldn't begin to name them all.

I understand more and more how true Daddy's words were when he said: "All children must look after their own upbringing."

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Book Excerpt, p.39, 40

Character Is Destiny

The Value of Personal Ethics in Everyday Life

Russell W. Gough

Integrity Definition

2 Parts to the Definition

[ 1 ] Not two-faced. WYSIWYG

Be true to who you really are to others.

Not nice and friendly on the outside vs. vindictive and mean on the inside

[ 2 ] Commitment. DWYSYWD

Do what you say, Say what you do.

The word Integrity comes from the word Integer which means complete or whole, single. Or, you are the same all the way through.

Integer [L. integer untouched, whole, entire. See {Entire}.]
A complete entity;

Entire
Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole;