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The measure of a man’s character is not determined by how he handles his wins, but how he handles his failures.

Bill Courtney

What builds character? It’s a commitment to integrity, hard work, honor and keeping your word. All of that comes straight out of the Sigma Nu Creed.
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Character Hard Work Integrity
Recognize the remarkable individuals in your life who help you envision a world far beyond yourself.
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Helping Individual World
Nothing profound ever happens in your life when you remain in your comfort zone.
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Comfort Happens Profound
Players win games, and coaches win players.
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Games Player Winning
Many men beg for a job but have no clue what hard work really means.
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Hard Work Jobs Mean
You can’t be a successful leader or mentor until you have served. You can’t serve until you have stepped out of your comfort zone. And you can’t step out of your comfort zone unless you have character and keep your word.
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Character Leader Successful
As cruel as life might be at times, if you throw in the towel, which is what everyone will expect, then nothing good will happen and your life will fall apart. Be better than that!
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Fall might Towels
Only by entering new and unfamiliar worlds can a person change society as well as self.
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Entering Self World
Don’t believe in the fate society chose for you. Instead, carve out a new fate for yourself.
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Believe Fate Trust
If everybody understood that you get back in spades what you put in in terms of service, not only will everybody’s lives be more fulfilling – I mean can you imagine a society look like that? I’m Bill Courtney and I share hope.
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Everybody Fulfill Society Spades
The effectiveness of a leader is best judged by the actions of those he guides.
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Action Effectiveness Leader
The measure of a man’s character is not determined by how he handles his wins, but how he handles his failures.
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Character Failure Inspirational
Grace is not something one possesses; instead, grace is something one receives.
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Grace Possession Something
Every great thing that has been accomplished, and is yet to be accomplished, starts with a dream.
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Accomplishment Dream Great Things
Each one of us has a comfort zone. The problem comes when we are unwilling to leave it.
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Comfort Problem Zone
We should feel grateful instead of entitled. We have a moral obligation to give back.
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Giving Grateful Moral
In our community, we have a duty to strengthen the weakest among us to build a better society.
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Being Community Duty Strong
Approach each new day as a new opportunity to be the person you aspire to be.
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Approach Day New Opportunity
A leader or mentor gives credit to others when things go right, and accepts the blame when things go wrong.
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Giving Leader Mentor
In the marathon of life, there is no finish line.
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Finish Lines Marathon Race
Internal character: how you behave when no one is watching.
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Behavior Character Internal
The true measure of a person’s character is how one handles one’s failures, not successes.
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Character Handle Persons
No matter how many good deeds we preform, they aren’t the ticket to earning God’s favor. God graces us in spite of what we do in this life, not because of.
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Deeds Favors Grace
There is one possession that can never be taken away as long as you will not allow it to be taken, and that is your word.
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Long Possession Taken

The measure of a man’s character is not determined by how he handles his wins, but how he handles his failures.

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