Character, Morals, Integrity

Morals, character, integrity, what do these words mean….actually, the question is, do you have them. A man named Dwight Moody once said, “Character is what you are in the dark.” You cannot see your morals, character, or integrity, these are only shown as your values. Someone could only show their own values, which are very important to themselves and everyone else. Integrity is the firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values. The way you show your integrity, character, and morals or how they are effect you in either a negative or positive way. There are many causes to how your values are. So as you know, integrity is very important and it is important to have it.

First of all, people may ask, “What are morals, character, and integrity,” but they should know that they are mainly the same thing. Character means moral or ethical strength, or as H. Jackson Browne once said, “Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.” John Wooden said that everyone should, “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” Morals are rules or habits of conduct with reference of standards of right and wrong. Socrates once said, “Moral philosophy is hard thought about right action.” Paul Tillich stated that, “Morality is not a subject, it is a life put to the test in dozens of moments.” Integrity is the rigid adherence to a code or standard of values. Denis Waitly said,” integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do.” A doctor named Dr. Laura stated, “integrity effects you by either being honest or not. If you are honest, then you have integrity. People who say that they are going to do something do it.” You can now see that character, morals, and integrity are very important.

Secondly, people may think that their values may not effect them, but they’re wrong, they effect them a lot. Since character describes how you are and what your moral strengths are, having bad character could make people dislike you because of how you are. On the other hand, if you have good character, then more people would see how good of a person you are and even more people would like you. Morals sort of describe the way you make decisions, so having bad morals could guide your life down the drain, while having good morals could guide your life minute by minute toward noble goals.