You can respect a person without necessarily liking that individual.
Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at time. That's the only way it happens-and when it happens, it lasts.
Character is more important than any other leadership trait.
Be quick, but don't hurry.
Bad times can make you bitter or better.
Never be thrown off stride in how you behave or what you believe in because of outside events.