The document summarizes a character education workshop that took place on June 15th, 2009. It discusses the concept of character, virtues like honesty and respect, and the CHARACTER COUNTS! initiative. The workshop covered building character through rules, habits, and role models. It also explored the six pillars of character - trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.

1. Character Education Workshop Date: 15th June, 2009 Venue: COC Room 104 Time: 10am-4pm Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong

55. Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, As long as ever you can. — John Wesley, John Wesley’s Rule

72. People of integrity stand for something! Integrity

77. Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got. — Janis Joplin, 20th-century American rock singer

78. Before you advise anyone ‘Be yourself!’ reassess his character. – Unknown

92. It is disrespectful to withhold information others need to control their own destiny.

93. We show respect and teach responsibility by providing young people with the opportunity to participate in decisions that affect them.

95. The honor we receive from those that fear us, is not honor. — Montaigne, Essays (1580-1588)

117. Set a good example: You teach by what you do, not by what you say.

118. “ How could you have taken those markers from school? If you needed them so badly, why didn’t you tell me? I would have taken them from the office.”