When it comes to building character, wealth, good looks, athletic ability and even a high IQ are more likely to be impediments than advantages.

Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.

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

There's no such thing as business ethics; there's just ethics. And ethics makes no concessions for the real or imagined necessities of making a profit.

Success or failure can only be measured in terms of a particular objective. The success of a person whose life objective is money or status will look very different than the success of one who sets out to make a positive difference in the world.

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

I am not and never will be perfect. I am not always as honest, respectful, responsible, fair or as kind as I should be. All I can do is what I should do: strive every day, with every decision to be the best person I can be. I don’t expect to be perfect but I know I can be better.