Does your character have what it takes? Sam Haskell states in his book Promises I Made My Mother, “When you take everything away, when you strip a person of superficial additions, all he has left is his true self” (14). This quote struck me because in today's world we base everything we have on physical appearance or how many material things we can gather. In college we will experience many new things and our character will be tested, I plan to work hard to uphold my morals and stay true to myself. Sam also says that “character is the core of our being” (14); it is what truly holds us together and what we should strive to be faithful to. For me, the qualities that make a strong character are honesty, hard work and humility. When I was younger, someone told me that honesty is the best policy and I learned that the hard way. One night me and a group of my friends wanted to spend the night at one of my friends' house. I knew my parents wouldn't let me go to this friend's house, so I ended up lying to them and telling them we were spending the night at someone else's house. When we arrived at my friend's house we started playing games and watching movies. My parents called my cell phone to check on me but I didn't hear it ring. Well, my parents called the house I was supposed to be at and my friends and I weren't there. The next day they acted like nothing was wrong and asked me if there was anything I wanted to tell them. I said no, it wasn't there. They told me they found out I lied and I was grounded for a long time. Somehow parents always find out the things we do wrong. Needless to say, I didn't do it again. Next year in college I will be able to use honesty when I meet...... middle of paper......thing within my power to put things back to how they were before, but it just wasn't happening. One morning, while I was doing my devotion, I read in my devotion book that without God everything we try will fail. It was as if God had said, “Here's a big piece of humble pie.” In college, humility will be a big part of it for me as I will have to remember to ask God to make me humble every day. This, I believe, will further deepen my relationship with the Lord. In conclusion, I will do my best to make sure my character survives and my morals remain the same. I will be honest when meeting new people to build a strong relationship with them. Hard work will be a daily thing so that I can achieve my goal. I will ask God to give me humility every day. All in all, I hope I can live an honorable life that will be an example to the people around me.