Character Strengths

Virtues

Core virtues

Positive capacities

Paths to virtue and wellbeing

Uniquely positive characteristics

The good qualities that we possess

Not the opposite of desirable traits

Traits that lead to increased happiness

Capacities for thinking, feeling and behaving

Adaptive endpoints of normal personality traits

Strengths that act as buffers against mental illness

Habitual patterns that are relatively stable over time

Positive personality traits that can be improved and developed

Positive traits reflected in thoughts, feelings, and behaviours

Dispositional qualities we possess that enable or promote wellbeing

The psychological ingredients - processes or mechanisms - that define morally valued virtues

Natural capacities that we yearn to use, that enable authentic expression, and that energise us

Attributes that impact happiness, including our development of resilience and positive relationships

The ways and means we use to express our values and strive towards the virtues we find most meaningful

The driving force for other types of strengths, such as talents, skills, interests, values and resources

A collection of positive traits that show our strengths, rather than a compilation of our faults and issues

Positive traits that are morally valued in their own right and contribute to the fulfillment of ourselves and others

Ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving that come naturally and easily to a person and that enable high functioning and performance

A combination of talents (naturally recurring patterns of thoughts, feeling and behaviour), knowledge (facts and lessons learned), and skills (the steps of an activity)