Honesty doesn't always pay, but dishonesty always costs.

If we keep treating our most important values as meaningless relics, that's exactly what they'll become.

Nothing about character is hereditary. Everyone, regardless of social background, financial status, race, or sex, enters the world with an equal opportunity to become a person of great or petty character.

Ordinary people, even weak people, can do extraordinary things through temporary courage generated by a situation. But the person of character does not need the situation to generate his courage. It is a part of his being and a standard approach to all life's challenges.

Discipline yourself to start each day identifying something to be grateful about. The world opens to those who approach it with a grateful heart.

If you pay too much attention to your reputation, you could lose your character.

If one insists on calling all unsuccessful efforts failures the meaning of failure is really quite benign. When trying anything new or taking on any challenge, unsuccessful efforts are an essential aspect of skill building.