Some Outstanding Qualities of the Prophet

Honesty and Truthfulness
He was truthfull and honest person. He was poor orphan who started trading and because of his honesty and fair dealings  with the people he came to known as Al-Sadiq (The Truthful) and Amin (The Trustworthy). Everyone in Makkah called him by these names.

Incidents and Examples of His Honesty and Truthfulness:

• Hazrat Khadija was a rich widow who heard about Holy Prophet's honesty, she asked him to take his goods to Syria for trade on profit sharing bases. His trading in Syria resulted in large profits for Khadija. She was so impressed by his honesty that she proposed marriage to him.
• Dispute arose in various tribes of Makkah about laying the black stone everyone wanted the honour. The elders agreed that who came first next morning in Ka'abah would decide the issue. Holy Prophet was first to enter Ka'abah. People were very happy to accept his decision.
• When he was told to openly preach islam, he gathered the Quraish near the mount of Safa and asked them: "O Quraish! if I say that an army is advancing on you from behine the mountain, would you believe me?"  They all replied! "Yes, because, we have never heard you tell lie"
• Even Abu Jahl, the bitterest enemy of Holy Prophet said: "Muhammad, I do not say that you are liar, but what you say I do not think is right" (Afzal-ur-Rehman: Muhammad: Encyclopedia of Seerah)
• The Holy Prophet practised honesty and truthfulness in his life and preached it to others. He lived his life in purity and never lied.

Humility
The Holy Prophet was very humble person. He never boasted of his social or political status even after his success at Madinah.
Incidents of his humility reported by his companions:
It is reported by Anas that when Prophet Muhammad performed pilgrimage, he kept on repeating: "O Allah! Makee this pilgrimage a pilgriamge without pretence and fame." (Tirmizi)
His companions had great respect for hime; however he dislikes it when his companions stood up for him when he entered, he did not wanted to be treated as a ruler. (Tirmizi)
Some one asked Hazrat Aisha about Holy Prophets life at home. She replied that he did household work, he mended cloths. He shared and ate his meals with the slaves and poor.
An expression of humility and gentlleness was on his face and he lowered hi head in such a way that it touched the saddle of his camel.
The Holy Prophet lived always in a humble way and taught his followers to do same. He lived his life as an ordinary person.

Forgiveness
This was the great quality of Holy Prophet that he always forgave his enemies and didn't took revenge. Quraish rebuked him, beat him and abused him they even tried to kill him, many of his companions said him to curse them, but he didn't and forgave them.
After the conquest of Makkah, the Abyssinian slave who had killed Hazrat Hamza and Hinda who had torn out his liver, they came to Holy Prophet and embraced Islam and both were forgiven.
Holy Prophet was an example of forgiveness and kindness, as mentioned in Holy Quran: "hold to forgiveness; command what is right,"