You only tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of loving-kindness and nothing could be sweeter.

Character is ethical and moral strength. People of good character have the moral awareness and strength to know the good, love the good and do the good.

The key to success is effort. The bigger the goal, the greater the effort.

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

Character is made up of core moral principles called the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, caring, fairness and citizenship. Each of these virtues are independently important but together they provide the foundation for a worthy life.

It's easier to make a good person better than to make a bad person good.

I am grateful for all those people who said no. It is because of them that I did it myself. Practice an attitude of gratitude. You can either be miserable dwelling on the troubles you have or grateful for the ones you don't have. Your troubles don't care but it makes a huge difference in your life.