What is the most important quality to encourage in children?

All you mentioned wrapped in a as whole "Respect" comes to mind when you think about your list.

I think that all of the qualities that you've mentioned are things that are very important to instill in our children. However, the one that I've concentrated the most on with my two children has been honesty. The reason that I think that this is so important is because of the fact that if you don't have honesty then I don't think that it is possible to cultivate the other important qualities that our children need to have.

I'm going to say EMPATHY - which I guess you could say it's "do unto others." Going back to my childhood, my parents were forever saying, "Now you know how it feels!" Knowing how something makes you (and others) feel is a stepping stone to honesty, love, self expression, ethic, and all that good stuff! When someone lied to me, I got the sense of knowing how that would feel if I were to lie. When a co-worker flaked on a job and I had to pick up the slack, I knew how it wold feel to someone else... Same thing with just about any quality you may want your child to have.

I am big on 'responsibility'. I keep harping on this quality even here on myLot. I get miffed if I see any of my kids get a sense of entitlement. And without taking responsibility for their actions. Although I try to show it by example, I still struggle in making them understand this. Time will tell if I succeeded.

For me, the most important quality to encourage in children is the unconditional love. When love evolves for every child, nothing is impossible. We are all created by God's image. And God is love.

for me is self believe. Our child need to believe in themself in order to survive in this cruel world. life will never be easy and it will get tougher in the future. That is why I think we need to impose them with self believe.