Character Is Destiny

Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember is a 2005 book by United States Senator John McCain with Mark Salter. Published by Random House ISBN 1-4000-6412-0, it is a collection of biographies about individuals from the past and present who, in the authors' view, exemplify the best qualities of character. The book is divided into seven parts with further divisions of a characteristic and a person who is seen to exemplify it.

Contents

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• Character is destiny
• Part One Honor
• Part Two Purpose
• Part Three Strength
• Part Four Understanding
• Part Five Judgment
• Part Six Creativity
• Part Seven Love
• References

Part One: Honor

HONESTY -- Thomas More

RESPECT -- Mohandas Gandhi

AUTHENTICITY -- Joan of Arc

LOYALTY -- Sir Ernest Shackleton

DIGNITY -- Viktor Frankl

Part Two: Purpose

IDEALISM -- Sojourner Truth

RIGHTEOUSNESS -- Roméo Dallaire

CITIZENSHIP -- Pat Tillman

DILIGENCE -- Winston Churchill

RESPONSIBILITY -- Lord Nelson and His Lieutenants

COOPERATION -- John Wooden

Part Three: Strength

COURAGE -- Edith Cavell

SELF-CONTROL -- George Washington

CONFIDENCE -- Elizabeth I

RESILIENCE -- Abraham Lincoln

INDUSTRY -- Eric Hoffer

HOPEFULNESS -- John Winthrop

Part Four: Understanding

FAITH -- Christian Guard at Hua Lo Prison

COMPASSION -- Maximillian Kolbe

MERCY -- Mother Antonia

TOLERANCE—The Four Chaplains

FORGIVENESS -- Nelson Mandela

GENEROSITY -- Oseola McCarty

Part Five: Judgment

FAIRNESS—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

HUMILITY -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

GRATITUDE -- Tecumseh

HUMOR -- Mark Twain

COURTESY -- Aung San Suu Kyi

Part Six: Creativity

ASPIRATION -- Ferdinand Magellan

DISCERNMENT -- Leonardo da Vinci

CURIOSITY -- Charles Darwin

ENTHUSIASM -- Theodore Roosevelt

EXCELLENCE -- Wilma Rudolph

Part Seven: Love

SELFLESSNESS AND CONTENTMENT -- Mother Teresa