Doing what is required regardless of what you feel in the moment.

Aristotle — “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

Procrastination, self-indulgence, impulsivity.

Acting rightly in spite of fear, not in the absence of it.

Aristotle placed courage as the mean between recklessness and cowardice.

Cowardice, avoidance, paralysis.

Alignment between what you say, what you believe, and what you do.

C.S. Lewis described integrity as doing the right thing even when no one is watching.

Hypocrisy, dishonesty, image-management.

Applying hard-earned knowledge with sound judgment, not just accumulating facts.

Socrates claimed the only true wisdom is knowing how little you know.

Arrogance, foolishness, overconfidence.

Moderating appetite and desire so they serve you instead of ruling you.

Aristotle defined temperance as the mean between overindulgence and total denial.

Excess, addiction, compulsive consumption.

Feeling another’s suffering as real and letting it move you to act.

Marcus Aurelius reasoned that all people are kin, made for cooperation, not opposition.

Indifference, self-absorption, contempt.

Sustained, careful effort applied to a task long after the excitement wears off.

Benjamin Franklin treated industry as the surest path a man has to his own advancement.

Laziness, half-effort, cutting corners.

An accurate view of yourself — neither inflated by ego nor diminished by shame.

C.S. Lewis said humility isn’t thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.

Arrogance, ego, defensiveness.