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Additional examples of good character:

    • Abraham Lincoln (U.S. President) - Compassion, Leadership, Perseverance
    • Althea Gibson (Past tennis player) - Respect, Perseverance
    • Arthur Ashe (Past tennis player, Social Leader)- Leadership, Responsibility, Respect, Commitment
    • Arturo Toscanini (Composer) - Perseverance, Commitment
    • Booker T. Washington (Educator, Social Leader)- Integrity, Commitment, Leadership
    • Branch Rickey (Past sports executive)- Integrity, Leadership, Respect, Responsibility
    • C.S. Lewis (Author)- Teamwork, Commitment, Self-Control
    • Clara Barton (Founder of Red Cross) - Compassion, Commitment
    • Dan Jansen (Olympic speed skater)- Perseverance, Compassion, Teamwork
    • Dave Thomas (Founder of Wendy’s Restaurants)- Perseverance, Leadership, Respect
    • David Robinson (Basketball player, Naval Academy)- Teamwork, Responsibility, Self-Control
    • Dr. Ben Carson (Johns Hopkins Surgeon) - Commitment, Compassion, Self-Control
    • Elijah McCoy (Inventor, Engineer)- Respect, Perseverance, Commitment, Leadership
    • Eric Liddell (British runner from Chariots of Fire) - Integrity, Commitment
    • Florence Nightingale (Nurse)- Compassion, Commitment
    • George Washington Carver (Inventor/Professor) - Perseverance, Self-Control, Commitment
    • Harriet Beecher Stowe (Social Advocate, Author) - Compassion, Responsibility
    • Harriet Tubman (Former slave that helped other slaves to freedom) - Compassion, Leadership, Commitment
    • Heather Whitestone McCallum (Former Miss America)- Respect, Responsibility, Compassion
    • Helen Keller (Deaf/Blind role model)  - Respect, Leadership, Teamwork, Commitment
    • Jackie Joyner Kersee (Olympic Track and Field Star) - Leadership, Commitment, Responsibility
    • Jackie Robinson (First African-American player in Major League Baseball) - Self-Control, Respect, Perseverance
    • Jim Ryun (Olympic track star, US Congressman)- Perseverance, Leadership, Commitment
    • Joe Gibbs (NFL Football Coach, NASCAR team owner)- Integrity, Leadership, Teamwork
    • John Quincy Adams (U.S. President) - Integrity, Leadership, Compassion, Respect, Perseverance
    • John Wooden (Honored UCLA basketball coach) - Leadership, Integrity
    • Kurt Warner (NFL football star) - Perseverance, Teamwork, Commitment
    • Lance Armstrong (Acclaimed cyclist)- Perseverance
    • Louis Zamperini (WW II POW in Asia) Perseverance, Respect
    • Martin Luther King Jr. (Social Leader) - Leadership, Commitment, Self-Control, Respect
    • Mary McLeod Bethune (Social Leader) - Perseverance, Commitment
    • Mother Teresa (Advocate for Poor, Needy) - Compassion, Respect, Responsibility, Commitment
    • Patrick Henry (Historical Political Figure)- Integrity, Leadership, Responsibility, Perseverance
    • Phillip Johnston & the Navajo Code-Talkers - Integrity, Teamwork, Responsibility
    • Robert E. Lee (U.S. and Confederate general)- Integrity, Leadership, Self-Control
    • Rosa Parks (Civil rights pioneer)- Respect, Commitment, Perseverance, Responsibility
    • Sally Ride (Astronaut)- Leadership, Respect, Teamwork
    • Sergeant James York (World War 1 Hero)- Leadership, Commitment, Self-Control
    • Theodore Roosevelt (U.S. President)- Leadership, Integrity, Responsibility
    • Thomas Edison (Inventor)- Perseverance, Commitment,
    • Todd Beamer (9/11 victim, helped crash plane in field)- Responsibility, Teamwork, Commitment
    • William Booth (Founder of the Salvation Army)- Compassion
    • Wilma Rudolph (Olympic athlete) - Perseverance, Commitment
    • William Wilberforce (British Abolitionist)- Teamwork, Leadership, Compassion
    • Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister in WWII) - Leadership, Respect, Perseverance