Gratitude is a feeling not statement. It is so easy to say we are grateful that I often don't stop to really, really take the time to experience gratitude. Saying the words doesn't mean a thing without the feeling and it takes a moment of genuine reflection to summon that feeling. This Thanksgiving don't shortchange yourself with hollow words.

Gratitude is most treasured when it is unexpected. When we expect, even demand gratitude, we treat it simply as payment due for some service we rendered and we squeeze any good feeling out of it.

Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.

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.

Good character is the single most important attribute of a successful and worthy life.

Our character is revealed by how we treat people who cannot help us or hurt us.

Don't confuse fun with fulfillment, or pleasure with happiness.