Some jobs require a more consistent challenge to moral courage than others. Politics is one. In such a setting terrifically good men and women will still be found wanting occasionally. No one does the right thing all the time. It would be more generous and fair to consider their batting average than to judge them only by their last worst act.

Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both.

Ethics is doing more than the law requires and less than the law allows.

Gratitude is not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift.

Hire for character, train for skills.

How many times do you get to lie before you are a liar?

No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character is established by conscientious adherence to moral values, not by lofty rhetoric or good intentions.