Integrity
"But not a snitch! He won't sell anybody out to buy his future! And that, my friends, is called integrity. That's called courage. Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of."
-Frank Slade, Scent of a Woman
Integrity.
That is what sets good people and bad people apart.
Because ultimately, it doesn't matter how good you grades are, how charming you are, or how intelligent you are, if you don't have integrity, you are not someone to be trusted. Nothing is more important than a man's rectitude, and if a man lacks that, none of his achievements matter.
"Let’s talk about the Non-Cognitive factors that are the true measures of student achievement: persistence, integrity, character."
-Joshua Katz