Thursday, January 18, 2007

The Need for Character

The essential qualities of a great leader, President Eisenhower said, are “vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.” We might add other virtues—decisiveness and a sense of providence, for example. But over against all who would disagree with Eisenhower by omitting character from this list, this curriculum sets out a series of classical and modern readings that drive toward one overwhelming conclusion: character is central to good leadership—not just for political leaders, but moms and dads, teachers, pastors, managers, and everyone who influences lives around them.
Os Guinness, When No One Sees, p. 15.

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