Thursday Thoughts

Character - What is it?  If you have it will be tested-again and again-as you exercise the power of your choices: To do the right thing and to make it prevail at whatever cost; to always speak the complete truth; to assume responsibility; to be accountable for your mistakes as well as rewarded for accomplishments; and, to make these choices without calculation of risk or reward.

Number 1. Your most meaningful memories will be the times when your character, integrity, endurance, stamina or fortitude were most challenged and you had the courage to do the right thing. 

Number 2. The things that make you feel best about yourself will not be things you do for yourself, but the good things you do for others. 

Number 3. How to get ahead-the unfailing key to success = Always do the best at the job you have right now-the rest will take care of itself. How remarkable it is that prosperity, good luck and fortune come to those who work hard. 

Number 4. The experiences in your life that truly elevate the human spirit will not come from material rewards, but from moral and spiritual rewards that attend virtues of sacrifice, duty, honor and courage.

These are Jumper’s Rules of Life by General John P. Jumper taken from a SNCO Academy speech on 

27 June 2001