Modern Fables: Character Lessons and Life Skills for Success

MODERN FABLES: Character Lessons and Life Skills for Success

Why do we emphasize character?

Benjamin Franklin understood that character is essential to civic life: "Nothing is more important for the public wealth than to form and train youth in wisdom and virtue. Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom."

But what is character?

Abraham Lincoln offered a memorable distinction: "Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thi...